Observations of warm water volume changes in the equatorial Pacific and their relationship to El Nino and La Nina

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3551-3559

  Meinen, C S ^a   McPhaden, M J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; VOLUME CHANGE; WARM WATER; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034300086     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3551:OOWWVC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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