On the role of tropical ocean forcing of the persistent North American west coast ridge of winter 2013/14

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 8027-8049

  Seager, Richard ^a   Henderson, Naomi ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate variability; Interannual variability; North America; Numerical analysis modeling; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

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

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; TELECONNECTIONS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 84994140373     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0145.1     Document Type: Article

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