An analysis of the linkage of pacific subtropical cells with the recharge-discharge processes in ENSO evolution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3786-3805

  Chen, Han Ching ^a   Sui, Chung Hsiung ^a   Tseng, Yu Heng ^b   Huang, Bohua ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENSO; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS; SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DISCHARGE; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RECHARGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84944036948     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00134.1     Document Type: Article

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