Atmosphere-ocean variations in the Indo-Pacific sector during ENSO episodes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-20

  Lau, Ngar Cheung ^a   Nath, Mary Jo ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(WEST); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141856643     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0003:AOVITI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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