How can anomalous western North Pacific Subtropical High intensify in late summer?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2349-2354

  Xiang, Baoqiang ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Yu, Weidong ^b   Xu, Shibin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean warming; local air sea interaction; seasonal march of mean state; western North Pacific subtropical high

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CONTROLLING SYSTEM; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL MARCHS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84879923173     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50431     Document Type: Article

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