A tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part II: A unified theory for decadal and ENSO modes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3599-3616

  Wang, Xiaochun ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^a   Wang, Yuqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; WIND STRESS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0347224270     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3599:ATORMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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