Interannual variability of the Asian subtropical westerly jet in boreal summer and associated with circulation and SST anomalies

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 2673-2688

  Du, Yin ^a,b   Li, Tim ^a,b   Xie, Zhiqing ^c   Zhu, Zhiwei ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Jiangsu Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

AGCM experiments; Asian subtropical westerly jet; Meridional temperature gradient; Sea surface temperature anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER; WESTERLY;

CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84936850112     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2723-x     Document Type: Article

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