Quasi-biennial winds in the far western equatorial Pacific phase-locking El Nino to the seasonal cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 771-774

  Clarke, A J ^a   Shu, L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; WIND; WIND STRESS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE WATERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL WINDS; PHASE-LOCKING; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL WIND; WESTERLY WINDS; WESTERN PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC WINDS;

LOCKS (FASTENERS); WIND STRESS;

CALENDAR YEAR PHASE LOCKING; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; QUASI BIENNIAL WINDS;

EID: 0034353323     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010506     Document Type: Article

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