A study of the impact of off-equatorial warm pool SST anomalies on ENSO cycles

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-286

  Solomon, Amy ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOLAR HEATING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC WARM POOL REGION (WPWP); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE DEPTH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARM POOL;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

ARUNDINARIA;

EID: 14644414228     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3269.1     Document Type: Article

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