Subseasonal variability and predictability of the Arctic Oscillation/North Atlantic Oscillation in BCC_AGCM2.2

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-45

  Zuo, Jinqing ^a,b   Ren, Hong Li ^a,c   Wu, Jie ^a,b   Nie, Yu ^a   Li, Qiaoping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES JCGCS   (China)

Author keywords

Predictability; Storm track activity; Subseasonal AO NAO variability; Synoptic eddy feedback; Troposphere stratosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

ACTIVITY INTENSITIES; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PREDICTABILITY; STORM TRACK; SUBSEASONAL AO/NAO VARIABILITY; SUBSEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERE; TRACKING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84969750197     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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