Indian ocean sea surface temperature and El Niño-southern oscillation: A new perspective

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1351-1368

  Terray, Pascal ^a   Dominiak, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER WAVES;

INDIAN OCEANS; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20444469600     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3338.1     Document Type: Article

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