The 1997-98 El Nino evolution relative to previous El Nino events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 488-501

  Wang, Chunzai ^a,b   Weisberg, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CYCLONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034032291     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0488:TENOER>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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