Impacts of two types of El Niño on atmospheric circulation in the Southern Hemisphere

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1732-1742

  Sun, Dan ^a,b   Xue, Feng ^a   Zhou, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric circulation; central Pacific El Ni o; eastern Pacific El Ni o; Pacific South America pattern; Southern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886935576     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-013-2287-9     Document Type: Article

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