Tropical Pacific Ocean heat content variations and ENSO persistence barriers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; ENTHALPY; OSCILLATIONS;

FORECAST MODELS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL REGION; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 0042239277     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016872     Document Type: Article

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