Formation of the cold tongue and ENSO in the equatorial Pacific basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 144-155

  Cai, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OBSERVATORIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COLD WATER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141819009     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0144:FOTCTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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