Contributions of downstream eddy development to the teleconnection between ENSO and the atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4993-5010

  Li, Ying ^a,c   Lau, Ngar Cheung ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric; ENSO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Storm tracks; Synoptic scale processes; Teleconnections; Waves

Indexed keywords

ENSO; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84865127715     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00377.1     Document Type: Article

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