Are the teleconnections of Central Pacific and Eastern Pacific El Niño distinct in boreal wintertime?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1835-1852

  Garfinkel, C I ^a   Hurwitz, M M ^b,c   Waugh, D W ^a   Butler, A H ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Pacific ENSO; Stratospheric dynamics; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EOS; POLAR VORTEX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84884704593     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1570-2     Document Type: Article

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