What is responsible for the strong observed asymmetry in teleconnections between El Niño and la Niña?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1019-1025

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Perlwitz, Judith ^a,b   Hoerling, Martin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; ENSO teleconnections; North America; sample variability; surface climate; symmetry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

ASYMMETRIC COMPONENT; ASYMMETRY; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; NORTH AMERICA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84893648364     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058964     Document Type: Article

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