El niño southern oscillation (ENSQ) and global warming

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 95-101

  Nyenzi, B ^a   Lefale, P F ^a  

^a WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646366450     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-6-95-2006     Document Type: Article

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