Chaotic oscillations of tropical climate: A dynamic system theory for ENSO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2786-2802

  Wang, Bin ^a   Fang, Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA COUPLING; CHAOTIC OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0030437075     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2786:COOTCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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