Long-term El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-like variation with special emphasis on the South Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C10, 2001, Pages 22211-22227

  Luo, Jing Jia ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035167194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000471     Document Type: Article

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