On the relationship between ENSO, stratospheric sudden warmings, and blocking

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4704-4720

  Barriopedro, David ^a,b   Calvo, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blocking, ENSO, Stratospheric circulation, Teleconnections, Climate variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

EASTERN PACIFIC; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; TELECONNECTIONS; WAVE NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LA NINA; STRATOSPHERE; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SIBERIA;

EID: 84902096336     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00770.1     Document Type: Article

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