The role of zonal advection feedback in phase transition and growth of ENSO in the Cane-Zebiak model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1151-1159

  An, Soon Il ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^a   Kang, In Sik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0033473399     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.6_1151     Document Type: Article

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