'Persistent' ENSO sequences: How unusual was the 1990-1995 El Nino?

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-118

  Allan, Robert J ^a   D'Arrigo, Rosanne D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; ENSO; Indo Pacific basin; Instrumental records historical records; La Nina; Pacific Ocean; Persistence; Southern Oscillation Index

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0032905333     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399669125102     Document Type: Article

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