Seasonal variation and spatial patterns of the atmospheric component of the pacific decadal oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1575-1594

  Mills, Catrin M ^a   Walsh, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Decadal variability; Pacific decadal oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GRID POINTS; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE SIGNAL; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; LASERS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874798159     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00264.1     Document Type: Article

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