Equatorial waves and warm pool displacements during the 1992-1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation events: Observation and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C11, 2000, Pages 26045-26062

  Delcroix, Thierry ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^b,c   DuPenhoat, Yves ^b,c   Masia, François ^a   Picaut, Joël ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b Lab d'Etud Geophysique O   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; WARM POOL; ZONAL FLOW;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034483320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900113     Document Type: Review

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