Pacific influences on tropical Atlantic teleconnections to the southern hemisphere high latitudes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 6425-6444

  Simpkins, Graham R ^a   Peings, Yannick ^a   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Circulation Dynamics; Climate variability; Teleconnections; Tropical variability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MECHANICAL WAVES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE VARIATION; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATITUDE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

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

EID: 84987957323     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0645.1     Document Type: Article

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