Changes in the spatial structure of strong and moderate ElNiño events under global warming

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2834-2840

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Hera ^a   Kwon, Minho ^b   Dewitte, Boris ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

ElNi o; Global warming; Pacific decadal oscillation; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; NEGATIVE PHASE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHASE SHIFTED; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84902689095     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3876     Document Type: Article

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