Interdecadal variability and climate change in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 69, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 267-284

  Mestas Nuñez, Alberto M ^a   Miller, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Climatic changes; Eastern tropical Pacific; Interdecadal variability; North Pacific ocean; Ocean circulation; Ocean atmosphere system; Pacific ocean; Regime shifts; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; PACIFIC OCEAN; REGIME SHIFTS; TROPICAL PACIFIC;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33744537452     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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