An investigation of the irregularity of El Niño in a coupled GCM

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 599-622

  Yukimoto, Seiji ^a   Kitamura, Yoshiteru ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242583943     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.599     Document Type: Article

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