The contribution of the interannual ENSO cycle to the spatial pattern of decadal ENSO-like variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2080-2092

  Vimont, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENSO CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 24644505187     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3365.1     Document Type: Article

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