New insights into annual and semiannual cycles of sea level pressure

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1347-1355

  Chen, Ge ^a   Qian, Chengcheng ^a   Zhang, Caiyun ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seasonal cycle; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERFACE; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC OSCILLATIONS; AUSTRAL WINTER; BOREAL WINTERS; FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES; GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; GLOBAL OCEAN; HALF-YEARLY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EID: 84861565689     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00187.1     Document Type: Article

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