Response of Northern Hemisphere storm tracks to Indian-western Pacific Ocean warming in atmospheric general circulation models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1057-1070

  Chu, Cuijiao ^a   Yang, Xiu Qun ^a   Ren, Xuejuan ^a   Zhou, Tianjun ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Baroclinicity; Eddy growth rate; Indian western Pacific Ocean warming; Northern Hemisphere storm tracks

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MOTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TELECONNECTION; WARMING; WESTERLY; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84874315434     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1687-y     Document Type: Article

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