Anomalous climatic conditions associated with the El Niño Modoki during boreal winter of 2009

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 227-238

  Ratnam, J V ^a,b   Behera, S K ^a,b   Masumoto, Y ^a,d   Takahashi, K ^b,c   Yamagata, T ^b,d  

^a Research Institute for Global Change   (Japan)

^b Application Laboratory   (Japan)

^c Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGCM; El Ni o; El Ni o Modoki

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO; HEATING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862986661     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1108-z     Document Type: Article

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