The response of the pacific storm track and atmospheric circulation to kuroshio extension variability

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 686, 2015, Pages 52-66

  O'Reilly, Christopher H ^a   Czaja, Arnaud ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blocking; Decadal variability; Eddy mean flow interaction; Kuroshio extension; Ocean atmosphere coupling; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS;

BLOCKING; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE; STORM TRACK;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84922799605     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2334     Document Type: Article

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