Coupled processes for equatorial Pacific interannual variability

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 546, 1998, Pages 527-555

  Pontaud, Marc ^a,c   Thual, Olivier ^b  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Coupled instability; El Ni o Southern; Interannual variability; Ocean atmosphere coupling; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GCM; INTERANNUAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031798889     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712454608     Document Type: Article

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