Surface Layer Temperature Balance in the Equatorial Pacific during the 1997-98 El Niño and 1998-99 La Niña

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3393-3407

  Wang, Weimin ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001739715     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3393:SLTBIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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