Double-mode adjustment of Tibetan Plateau heating to the summer circumglobal teleconnection in the Northern Hemisphere

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 663-676

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Jiang, Yuanchun ^a   Chen, Haishan ^a   Wu, Zhiwei ^a  

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

Author keywords

circumglobal teleconnection; double mode TP heating; EI Nino; surface diabatic heating

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SNOW; SURFACE WATERS; VORTICITY;

DIABATIC HEATING; DOUBLE-MODE; EI NINO; LARGE AMPLITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; QUASI-STATIONARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TELECONNECTIONS;

HEATING;

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EL NINO; HEATING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; VORTICITY;

CHINA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 85023635902     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.5201     Document Type: Article

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