Interhemispheric teleconnections from tropical heat sources in intermediate and simple models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 684-697

  Ji, Xuan ^a   Neelin, J David ^a   Lee, Sang ki ^b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SIMPLE MODELING; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TELECONNECTIONS; TWO-LEVEL MODELS; VERTICAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

ADVECTION; DRAG; SHEAR FLOW;

TROPICS;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; EQUATORIAL WAVE; HEAT SOURCE; HEATING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; THERMOMECHANICS; WARM POOL;

EID: 84892510151     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00017.1     Document Type: Article

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