El Nino-Southern Oscillation sea surface temperature and wind anomalies, 1946-1993

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-399

  Harrison, D E ^a,b   Larkin, Narasimhan K ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NICKEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ANOMALY PATTERNS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURFACE CHANGES; SURFACE PRESSURES; WEATHER PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031732262     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RG00715     Document Type: Article

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