Interannual (ENSO) and interdecadal (ENSO-like) variability in the Southern Hemisphere tropospheric circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2113-2123

  Garreaud, René D ^a,b   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032756748     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2113:IEAIEL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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