The distinct behaviors of Pacific and Indian Ocean warm pool properties on seasonal and interannual time scales

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Seon Tae ^a   Yu, Jin Yi ^a   Lu, Mong Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CONTROLLING FACTORS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENTS; PACIFIC SECTOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIZE VARIATION; TIME-SCALES; WARM POOLS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARM POOL;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863351266     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016557     Document Type: Article

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