Slow variability in the equatorial west-central Pacific in relation to ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1998-2017

  Weisberg, R H ^a   Wang, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN OSCILLATIONS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 0031208501     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1998:SVITEW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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