A global El Niño-Southern Oscillation wave in surface temperature and pressure and its interdecadal modulation from 1900 to 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C5, 2000, Pages 11223-11242

  White, Warren B ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE;

EID: 0033663085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900246     Document Type: Review

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