A simple GCM study on the relationship between ENSO and the southern annular mode

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1821-1832

  Gong, Tingting ^a,b   Feldstein, Steven B ^b   Luo, Dehai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC HEATING; ASYMMETRIC MODELS; COMBINED HEATING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTRA-SEASONAL; MODEL CALCULATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEATING; VORTICITY;

NICKEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LA NINA; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 84880165554     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0161.1     Document Type: Article

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