Tropical atlantic sea surface temperature variability and its relation to El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 929-945

  Enfield, David B ^a   Mayer, Dennis A ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; DATA (1950-1992); EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SST; VARIATION;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030946848     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jc03296     Document Type: Article

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