Tropical Atlantic variability and indo-Pacific ENSO: Statistical analysis and numerical simulation

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-124

  Jury, Mark R ^a   Mulenga, Henry ^b,d   Rautenbach, Hannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b Zambian Meteorological Services   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African climate; ENSO variability; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033291611     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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