Space-time spectra of the atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the extratropics and their dependency on the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon: Model versus observation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 369-387

  May, W ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032832124     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050288     Document Type: Article

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