Unraveling the teleconnection mechanisms that induce wintertime temperature anomalies over the northern hemisphere continents in response to the MJO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3557-3571

  Seo, Kyong Hwan ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation dynamics; Madden Julian oscillation; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL WAVES; RAY TRACING; SEA ICE; SNOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; ROSSBY WAVE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTION MECHANISMS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HADLEY CELL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

EID: 84988422137     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0036.1     Document Type: Article

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