Stochastic dynamics of El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-23

  Wang, B ^a,c   Barcilon, A ^b   Fang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0033061919     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0005:SDOENO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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