Remote forcing versus local feedback of east pacific intraseasonal variability during boreal summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3575-3596

  Rydbeck, Adam V ^a   Maloney, Eric D ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b   Hafner, Jan ^c   Shaman, Jeffrey ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE MODELS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PHASE LOCKING MECHANISMS; RAPID COMMUNICATION; SENSITIVITY TESTS; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CAMS; COMMUNICATION; GRAVITY WAVES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUMMER; WARM POOL; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84878970132     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00499.1     Document Type: Article

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