Austral summer teleconnections of indo-pacific variability: Their nonlinearity and impacts on australian climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2796-2810

  Cai, Wenju ^a   van Rensch, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; INDIAN OCEAN; MODULATING EFFECT; NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; OCEAN BASIN; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 84877677828     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00458.1     Document Type: Article

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