Two interannual variability modes of the Northwestern Pacific Subtropical Anticyclone in boreal summer

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1254-1265

  He, Chao ^a,b   Zhou, TianJun ^a   Zou, LiWei ^a   Zhang, LiXia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; equatorial easterly related mode; equatorial westerly related mode; interannual variability mode; Northwestern Pacific Subtropical Anticyclone

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ENSO; EQUATORIAL EASTERLY RELATED MODE; EQUATORIAL WESTERLY RELATED MODE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE;

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; FORMATION MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84880816603     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4443-y     Document Type: Article

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