On the extratropical influence of variations of the upper-tropospheric equatorial zonal-mean zonal wind during boreal winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 168-185

  Gollan, Gereon ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation; Quasibiennial oscillation; Rossby waves; Seasonal forecasting; Stationary waves; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MECHANICAL WAVES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL FORECASTING; STATIONARY WAVES; TELECONNECTIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84920272383     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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