The seasonal footprinting mechanism in the Pacific: Implications for ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2668-2675

  Vimont, Daniel J ^a   Wallace, John M ^a   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FOOTPRINTING MECHANISM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141674951     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2668:TSFMIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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