Modes of interannual and interdecadal variability of Pacific SST

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2556-2569

  Zhang, Xuebin ^a   Sheng, Jian ^a   Shabbar, Amir ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Oscillation; Pacific Ocean; Sea surface temperature; Temperature anomaly; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

MULTICHANNEL SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032194347     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2556:MOIAIV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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