Atlantic SST gradient and the influence of ENSO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Huang, Huei Ping ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^b   Kushnir, Yochanan ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

EL NINO; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 28944432763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023944     Document Type: Article

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