Evidence of an extratropical atmospheric influence during the onset of the 1997-98 El Niño

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3537-3540

  Yu, Lisan ^a   Rienecker, Michele M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; TROPICS; WIND; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; STORMS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO PHENOMENON; TROPICAL INTERSEASONAL OSCILLATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EASTERN BASINS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC KELVIN WAVES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

EID: 0032531333     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02628     Document Type: Article

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