On the ENSO Mechanisms

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 674-691

  Wang, Chunzai ^a,b  

^a NO AA Atlantic Oceanographic   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; ENSO theory; Ocean atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042762609     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403493     Document Type: Article

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