The victoria mode in the North Pacific linking extratropical sea level pressure variations to ENSO

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-45

  Ding, Ruiqiang ^a   Li, Jianping ^b   Tseng, Yu Heng ^c   Sun, Cheng ^b   Guo, Yipeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84921947091     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022221     Document Type: Article

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