Interannual and decadal temperature variability in the southwest Pacific Ocean between 1955 and 1988

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1035-1049

  Holbrook, Neil J ^a,c   Bindoff, Nathaniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; INTERANNUAL/DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL/DECADAL VARIATION; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0030859838     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1035:IADTVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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