ENSO-related variability in the frequency of South Pacific blocking

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3117-3123

  Renwick, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032999099     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<3117:ERVITF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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