Upper-air circulation of the Southern Oscillation from the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-65

  Hastenrath, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SURFACE PRESSURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344983923     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-002-0562-x     Document Type: Article

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