ENSO amplitude modulation associated with the mean SST changes in the tropical central pacific induced by atlantic multidecadal oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7911-7920

  Kang, In Sik ^a   No, Hyun Ho ^a   Kucharski, Fred ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 84907835049     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00018.1     Document Type: Article

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