Enhanced relationship between the tropical atlantic SST and the summertime western north pacific subtropical high after the early 1980s

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3715-3722

  Hong, Chi Cherng ^a   Chang, Tao Chi ^b,c   Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84942436550     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021394     Document Type: Article

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