Mechanisms of the 1997-1998 El Niño-La Niña, as inferred from space-based observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Picaut, Joel ^a   Hackert, Eric ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^a   Murtugudde, Ragu ^a   Lagerloef, Gary S E ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

El Ni o La Ni a; ENSO; Equatorial waves; Pacific; Space based observations; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; LA NINA; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037096008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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