Zonal structure and variability of the Western Pacific dynamic warm pool edge in CMIP5

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 3061-3076

  Brown, Jaclyn N ^a   Langlais, Clothilde ^a   Maes, Christophe ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

CMIP5; ENSO; Tropical Pacific; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARM POOL; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84901997589     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1931-5     Document Type: Article

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