Decadal changes in the relationship between the tropical Pacific and the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Yeo, Sae Rim ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b   Kim, Wonmoo ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; COUPLING MECHANISM; CYCLOSTATIONARY; DECADAL CHANGE; EASTERN PACIFIC; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH PACIFIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PHYSICAL CHANGES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84864839492     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017775     Document Type: Article

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