The North American winter ‘dipole’ and extremes activity: A CMIP5 assessment

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 338-345

  Wang, Shih Yu Simon ^a   Huang, Wan Ru ^b   Yoon, Jin Ho ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

California drought; Dipole; ENSO precursor; West Pacific warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923088358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.565     Document Type: Article

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