Case analysis of a role of ENSO in regulating the generation of westerly wind bursts in the Western Equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Yu, Lisan ^a   Weller, Robert A ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea coupling over the western Pacific warm pool; Multiscale interactions in the ENSO phase transition; Regulating effect of ENSO on synoptic scale atmospheric events; Westerly wind bursts and El Ni o Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; WARM POOL; WESTERLY;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041589277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001498     Document Type: Article

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