Teleconnections between tropical Pacific SST anomalies and extratropical Southern Hemisphere climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-65

  Ciasto, Laura M ^a,b   Simpkins, Graham R ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate variability; Teleconnections; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GLACIERS; MECHANICAL WAVES; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ANNULAR MODE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84920286613     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00438.1     Document Type: Article

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