Detection of an ENSO signal in seasonal length-of-day variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3373-3376

  Gross, Richard S ^a   Marcus, Steven L ^a   Eubanks, T Marshall ^b   Dickey, Jean O ^a   Keppenne, Christian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; WIND;

ENSO SIGNAL; INTERANNUAL; LENGTH OF DAYS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; TIME-SCALES; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM CONSERVATION; ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO);

ANGULAR MOMENTUM CHANGE; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LENGTH OF DAY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX;

EID: 0030282187     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03260     Document Type: Article

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