Tropical Atlantic influence on Pacific variability and mean state in the twentieth century in observations and CMIP5

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 881-896

  Kucharski, F ^a,d   Syed, F S ^b,c   Burhan, A ^c   Farah, I ^c   Gohar, A ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Pakistan)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CMIP5; Teleconnection; Tropical Atlantic; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939895863     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2228-z     Document Type: Article

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