Western Pacific interannual variability associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C3, 1999, Pages 5131-5149

  Wang, Chunzai ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Virmani, Jyotika I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033559150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900090     Document Type: Article

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