Long-term variation of the principal mode of boreal spring hadley circulation linked to sst over the indo-pacific warm pool

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 532-544

  Feng, Juan ^a   Li Dr , Jianping ^a   Xie, Fei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC MODES; BOREAL SPRING; HADLEY CIRCULATION; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL GRADIENTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UPWARD TREND; WARM POOLS; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

LAKES;

HADLEY CELL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); WARM POOL; WARMING;

EID: 84872897297     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00066.1     Document Type: Article

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