Orbital controls on the El Nino/Southern Oscillation and the tropical climate

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-456

  Clement, A C ^a,b,c   Seager, R ^a   Cane, M A ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LODYC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033376329     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999PA900013     Document Type: Article

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