Seasonal influence of ENSO on the Atlantic ITCZ and equatorial South America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Munnich M ^a   Neelin, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEAWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC WIND RESPONSE; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); OCEAN DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29344471479     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023900     Document Type: Article

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