A possible triggering process of east-west asymmetric anomalies over the Indian Ocean in relation to 1997/98 El Niño

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 803-818

  Ueda, Hiroaki ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0008091925     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.6_803     Document Type: Article

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