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contributor authorChiu, Wan-Cheng
contributor authorLo, Andrew
contributor authorWeidler, David H.
contributor authorFulker, David
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:03:24Z
date available2017-06-09T16:03:24Z
date copyright1981/05/01
date issued1981
identifier issn0027-0644
identifier otherams-59877.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4200483
description abstractAtmospheric wind data obtained from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and from the National Meteorological Center together with sea surface temperature (SST) data at Puerto Chicama (7°42?S, 79°27?W) and Koko Head (21°18?N, 157°52?W) for the period May 1958 to September 1973 were used to test Bjerknes' hypothesis that, through the mechanism of momentum transport, fluctuations of SST in the equatorial eastern Pacific influence the subtropical and middle-latitude atmospheric circulations. Lag cross-correlation coefficients were calculated from the data and their statistical significance tested. The results, confirming earlier work, support the portion of his hypothesis regarding the influence of the equatorial eastern Pacific in the higher latitude atmospheric circulation, but do not support the portion of it suggesting that momentum transport is the agent transmitting the influence.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA Study of the Possible Statistical Relationship between the Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature and Atmospheric Circulation
typeJournal Paper
journal volume109
journal issue5
journal titleMonthly Weather Review
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1013:ASOTPS>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1013
journal lastpage1020
treeMonthly Weather Review:;1981:;volume( 109 ):;issue: 005
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