A possible effect of an increase in the warm-pool SST on the magnitude of El Niño warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-205

  Sun, De Zheng ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COUPLED SYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041619708     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0185:APEOAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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