AMO- and ENSO-driven summertime circulation and precipitation variations in North America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6477-6495

  Hu, Qi ^a   Feng, Song ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; ENSO; Forcing; Large scale motions; Planetary waves; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENSO; FORCING; LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; PLANETARY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84867677693     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00520.1     Document Type: Article

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