Collective Role of Thermocline and Zonal Advective Feedbacks in the ENSO Mode

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3421-3432

  An, Soon Il ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0006587310     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3421:CROTAZ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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