Low-frequency ocean-atmosphere variability across the tropical western Pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2773-2785

  Gutzler, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0342438174     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2773:LFOAVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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