On the impact of local feedbacks in the central Pacific on the ENSO cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2396-2407

  Burgers, Gerrit ^a   van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

STRESS FEEDBACK;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041888338     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2766.1     Document Type: Article

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