Tropical Pacific-North Pacific teleconnection in a coupled GCM: Remote and local effects

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1640-1653

  Cherchi, Annalisa ^a   Masina, Simona ^a   Navarra, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coupled GCMs; ENSO; Tropical Pacific North Pacific teleconnection

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; COUPLED GCMS; COUPLED MODELS; ENSO; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; LOCAL COUPLING; LOCAL EFFECTS; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; REMOTE RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL;

TROPICS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TELECONNECTION;

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

EID: 84865796700     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2379     Document Type: Article

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