Multidecadal fluctuations in the relationship between equatorial Pacific heat content anomalies and ENSO amplitude

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Cai, Wenju ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b   Collier, Mark A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; MODULATION; SEA LEVEL;

HEAT CONTENT ANOMALY; MULTIDECADAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

GEOPHYSICS;

DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 2442519323     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018714     Document Type: Article

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