The COADS sea level pressure signal: A near-global El Niño composite and time series view, 1946-1993

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3025-3055

  Harrison, D E ^a,b   Larkin, Narasimhan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COADS DATA (1946-1993); EL NINO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EID: 0030437647     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<3025:TCSLPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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