The early 1990s change in ENSO-PSA-SAM relationships and its impact on Southern Hemisphere climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 9393-9408

  Yu, Jin Yi ^a   Paek, Houk ^a   Saltzman, Eric S ^a   Lee, Tong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oscillation; Antarctica; Circulation Dynamics; ENSO; Geographic location entity; Interannual variability; Sea ice; Teleconnections; Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ANTARCTICA; ENSO; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TELECONNECTIONS; VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84950160787     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0335.1     Document Type: Article

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