Generalized Inversion of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Data and a Coupled Model of the Tropical Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1768-1792

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Chua, Boon S ^a   Ed Harrison, D ^b   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 1542503128     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1768:GIOTAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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