A delayed action oscillator shared by biennial, interannual, and decadal signals in the Pacific Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  White, Warren B ^a   Tourre, Yves M ^b   Barlow, Matthew ^c   Dettinger, Mike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling physics of decadal signals; Pacific biennial signals; Pacific decadal signals; Pacific interannual signals

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; WIND STRESS;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142028721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001490     Document Type: Article

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