On the annual cycle of the eastern equatorial Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2986-2998

  Li, Tianming ^a,b   Philander, S George H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; MODELLING; OCEANS; WIND;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ASYMMETRIES; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE ASYMMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL EAST);

EID: 0030437332     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2986:OTACOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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