On the inconsistent relationship between Pacific and Atlantic Niños

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4294-4303

  Lübbecke, Joke F ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL SPRING; BOREAL WINTERS; DOWN-WELLING; EARLY TERMINATION; EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; GLOBAL MODELS; HINDCASTS; KELVIN WAVES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; STRESS RESPONSE; TRADE WINDS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WIND RESPONSE; WIND STRESS CURL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; KELVIN WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRADE WIND; WARMING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865192344     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00553.1     Document Type: Article

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