The energetics of El Nino and La Nina

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1496-1516

  Goddard, Lisa ^a,b   Philander, S George ^b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; OSCILLATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES; WIND;

EL NINO; LA NINA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO; ENERGETICS; LA NINA;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034122679     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1496:TEOENO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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