The south pacific meridional mode: A mechanism for ENSO-like variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 769-783

  Zhang, Honghai ^a   Clement, Amy ^a   Nezio, Pedro Di ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; DYNAMICAL COUPLING; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84892516499     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00082.1     Document Type: Article

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