Modulation of atmospheric response to north pacific sst anomalies under global warming: A statistical assessment

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6554-6566

  Gan, Bolan ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate variability; Feedback; North Pacific Ocean; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BAROTROPIC; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; REANALYSIS; SECULAR TREND; SST ANOMALIES; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; STORM TRACK; WARM CLIMATES;

CLIMATOLOGY; FEEDBACK; MODULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84867688288     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00493.1     Document Type: Article

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