An idealized study of the impact of extratropical climate change on El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 869-880

  Zhang, Qiong ^a   Yang, Haijun ^b   Zhong, Yafang ^c   Wang, Dongxiao ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING;

EID: 29244432530     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0062-z     Document Type: Article

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