Decadal ENSO amplitude modulations: A nonlinear paradigm

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 135-156

  Timmermann, Axel ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; El Ni o Southern Oscillation phenomenon; Nonlinear paradigm

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EID: 0037986167     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00194-7     Document Type: Article

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