Interdecadal change in properties of El Niño-Southern Oscillation in an intermediate coupled model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1369-1380

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

INTERMEDIATE COUPLED MODEL (ICM); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION (SVD);

SEA LEVEL;

ANOMALY; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 20444474919     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3340.1     Document Type: Article

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