Asymmetric impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on El Niño and la Niña characteristics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4998-5004

  Sung, Mi Kyung ^a   An, Soon Il ^b   Kim, Baek Min ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^c  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AMO; asymmetry; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; El Ni o; ENSO; La Ni a

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FEEDBACK; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

AMO; ASYMMETRY; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; ENSO; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

NICKEL;

ASYMMETRY; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 84948712212     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064381     Document Type: Article

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