Role of the atmosphere in seasonal phase locking of El Niño

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Spencer, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3339 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Ocean atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504); 3374 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Tropical meteorology; 4522 Oceanography: Physical: El Nino

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS; WIND;

EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL WIND RESPONSE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL PHASE LOCKING;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 14544268991     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021619     Document Type: Article

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