The connection between the boreal spring Southern Oscillation persistence barrier and biennial variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 610-620

  Clarke, Allan J ^a   Van Gorder, Stephen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOREAL SPRING SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

PERSISTENCE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033080233     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0610:TCBTBS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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