Transmission of ENSO signal to the Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Cai, Wenju ^a   Meyers, Gary ^a   Shi, Ge ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; OSCILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) CYCLES; ENSO SIGNAL; KELVIN WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BALANCE; KELVIN WAVE; MASS BALANCE; TELECONNECTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 20444443145     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021736     Document Type: Article

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