Influences of ENSO teleconnection on the persistence of sea surface temperature in the tropical Indian Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8177-8195

  Ding, Ruiqiang ^a   Jianping, L I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; Indian Ocean; Sea surface temperature; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENSO; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SIGN REVERSAL; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEASTERN TROPICAL INDIAN OCEANS; SURFACE WINDS; TELECONNECTIONS; TIO; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN;

CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIMING DEVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TELECONNECTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84871752150     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00739.1     Document Type: Article

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