Kawasaki disease and ENSO-driven wind circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2284-2289

  Ballester, Joan ^a,f   Burns, Jane C ^b   Cayan, Dan ^c   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^d   Uehara, Ritei ^d   Rodó, Xavier ^a,e  

^a Institut Catalá de Ciéncies del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o and La Ni a; El Ni o Southern oscillation; Kawasaki disease; surface ocean conditions; tropical extratropical teleconnections; tropospheric winds

Indexed keywords

HEART DISEASE; KAWASAKI; NORTH PACIFIC; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SURFACE OCEAN CONDITIONS; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPOSPHERIC WINDS; WESTERLY WINDS;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATOLOGY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84879930006     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50388     Document Type: Article

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