Winter ENSO teleconnections in a warmer climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1593-1613

  Bulić, Ivana Herceg ^a   Branković, Čedo ^b   Kucharski, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

ENSO; Tropical extratropical teleconnections; Warmer climate

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING; WINTER;

EID: 84859006520     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0987-8     Document Type: Article

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