Tropical-extratropical interactions of intraseasonal oscillations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3180-3197

  Frederiksne, Jorgen S ^a   Lin, Hai ^b  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL INTERACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

JET STREAM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84885915792     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0302.1     Document Type: Article

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