Dynamic role of a westerly wind burst in triggering and equatorial pacific warm event

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1869-1890

  Belamari, Sophie ^a   Redelsperger, Jean Luc ^a   Pontaud, Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

REMOTE COMPONENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO; WIND;

EID: 0042346369     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<1869:DROAWW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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