Tropospheric biennial oscillation of ENSO-monsoon system in the MRI coupled GCM

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1247-1269

  Ogasawara, Norimitsu ^a,c   Kitoh, Akio ^b   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a   Noda, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0033475012     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.6_1247     Document Type: Article

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