Evolution of the 2002/03 El Niño

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-695

  McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SEAWATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 3042611681     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-5-677     Document Type: Article

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