Mechanisms of seasonal - ENSO interaction

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-71

  Tziperman, Eli ^a   Zebiak, Stephen E ^b   Cane, Mark A ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL CYCLE; WIND DIVERGENCE;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030844966     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0061:MOSEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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