The anomalous structures of atmospheric and oceanic variables associated with the frequency of North Pacific winter blocking

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  You, Jae Eun ^a   Ahn, Joong Bae ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; BOUNDARY FORCING; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DIPOLE PATTERNS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN-SURFACE HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SST ANOMALIES; WESTERLY WINDS;

EXPERIMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84862275866     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017431     Document Type: Article

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