Circulation regimes and low-frequency oscillations in the South Pacific sector

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 8 PART 1, 2003, Pages 1566-1576

  Robertson, Andrew W ^a   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OSCILLATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; OSCILLATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141571552     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175//2548.1     Document Type: Article

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