Seasonality of the Pacific decadal oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-38

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Kumar, Arun ^a   Wang, Wanqiu ^a   Xue, Yan ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Mixed layer; Pacific decadal oscillation; Sea surface temperature; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODELS; MIXED LAYER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECADAL VARIATION; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84863034388     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4092.1     Document Type: Article

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