Phase transition of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation: A stationary SST mode

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 2872-2887

  Li, Tianming ^a,b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EID: 0031401871     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2872:PTOTEN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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