Anomalous warming in the Indian Ocean coincident with El Niño

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3035-3047

  Chambers, D P ^a   Tapley, B D ^a   Stewart, R H ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033558232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900085     Document Type: Article

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