El nino modulation of the South China Sea circulation

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-93

  Chao, Shenn Yu ^a   Shaw, Ping Tung ^b   Wu, Sunny Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; CIRCULATION; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0030436125     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(96)00010-9     Document Type: Review

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