Simulation of heat storages and associated heat budgets in the Pacific Ocean: 1. El Niño-Southern Oscillation timescale

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C12, 1998, Pages 27603-27620

  Guillermo, Auad ^a   Miller, Arthur J ^a   White, Warren B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; MODELING; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032534194     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC01662     Document Type: Article

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