Is ENSO a cycle or a series of events?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Kessler, William S ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

A-STABLE; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EAST PACIFIC; SELF-SUSTAINED OSCILLATIONS; WARM WATER; ZONAL MEANS;

NICKEL;

EID: 0036951151     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015924     Document Type: Article

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