The evolution of oceanic and atmospheric anomalies in the northeast Pacific during the El Niño and La Niña events of 1995-2001

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 459-491

  Schwing, F B ^a   Murphree, T ^b   DeWitt, L ^a   Green, P M ^a,c  

^a NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate; Eastern boundary currents; El Ni o phenomena; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; STORMS; WIND;

SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

PISCES;

EID: 0036376949     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00064-2     Document Type: Review

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