The association of tropical and extratropical climate modes to atmospheric blocking across southeastern Australia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7555-7569

  Cowan, Tim ^a   Van Rensch, Peter ^a   Purich, Ariaan ^a   Cai, Wenju ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Atmospheric circulation; Blocking; Cool season; La Nina; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BLOCKING; COOL SEASONS; LA NINA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TROPICS;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLONE; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LA NINA; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84884925641     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00781.1     Document Type: Article

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