Interannual variability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its impact on the North Atlantic Oscillation in the boreal winter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5571-5576

  Lin, Hai ^a   Brunet, Gilbert ^a   Yu, Bin ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

interannual variability; MJO; NAO; teleconnection; tropical forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

BOREAL WINTERS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEASONAL MEAN; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 84938199838     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064547     Document Type: Article

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