Variation of the North Atlantic subtropical high western ridge and its implication to Southeastern US summer precipitation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1401-1412

  Li, Laifang ^a   Li, Wenhong ^a   Kushnir, Yochanan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming; North Atlantic subtropical high; PDO; SE US summer precipitation; Stationary wave activity; Western ridge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STANDING WAVE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84866386256     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1214-y     Document Type: Article

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