The impact of tropical western Pacific convection on the North Pacific atmospheric circulation during the boreal winter

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2227-2238

  Park, Jae Heung ^a   An, Soon Il ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ITCZ; Jet; Local Hadley circulation; North Pacific atmospheric circulation; Tropical western Pacific convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891514644     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2047-7     Document Type: Article

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