A simple model for the Pacific cold tongue and ENSO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2458-2469

  Jin, F F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

BJERKNES HYPOTHESIS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COLD AIR; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EID: 0032129075     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2458:ASMFTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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