Circulation and low-frequency variability near the Chilean coast: Remotely forced fluctuations during the 1991-92 El Niño

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-235

  Shaffer, Gary ^a,b   Pizarro, Oscar ^c,d   Djurfeldt, Leif ^b,d   Salinas, Sergio ^c   Rutllant, Jose ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Borno Inst Ocean and Climate Studs   (Sweden)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; COASTS; WAVES;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION; EL NINO; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY;

PACIFIC, CHILEAN SLOPE;

EID: 0030772023     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0217:CALFVN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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