Changes in the Relationship between ENSO and Asia-Pacific midlatitude winter atmospheric circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3377-3393

  He, Shengping ^a   Wang, Huijun ^a   Liu, Jiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; INTERDECADAL CHANGES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84878140535     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00355.1     Document Type: Article

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