The nature and causes for the delayed atmospheric response to El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1391-1403

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Hoerling, Martin P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037872274     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-16.9.1391     Document Type: Article

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