Principal modes and related frequencies of sea surface temperature variability in the Pacific coast of North America

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-488

  Lluch Cota, Daniel B ^a   Wooster, Warren S ^b   Hare, Steven R ^c   Lluch Belda, Daniel ^d   Parés Sierra, Alejandro ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Intl Pacific Halibut Commision   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Decadal scale variability; Eastern Pacific; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Quasi biennial Oscillation; Transitional zone

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142156153     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025592616562     Document Type: Article

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