Recent climate variation in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and its linkages to large-scale circulation in the Pacific

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2423-2437

  Yeo, Sae Rim ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b   Kim, Baek Min ^c   Shim, Taehyoun ^a,c   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bering and Chukchi Seas; Central Pacific El Ni o; North Pacific Gyre Oscillation; North Pacific Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84899905018     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2042-z     Document Type: Article

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