Role of the Indian Ocean in the ENSO-Indian summer monsoon teleconnection in the NCEP climate forecast system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2490-2508

  Achuthavarier, Deepthi ^a,d   Krishnamurthy, V ^a,b   Kirtman, Ben P ^c   Huang, Bohua ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Coupled models; ENSO; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; CLIMATE FORECASTS; COUPLED MODELS; DIPOLE PATTERNS; ENSO; ENSO SIGNAL; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MONSOON SEASON; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SST ANOMALIES; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER MONSOON; SURFACE PRESSURES; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; THERMOCLINE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84859344805     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00111.1     Document Type: Article

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