Reconstructing El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) from high-resolution palaeoarchives

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 707-722

  Gergis, Joëlle ^a   Braganza, Karl ^b   Fowler, Anthony ^c   Mooney, Scott ^a   Risbey, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate reconstruction; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; ENSO; High resolution; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33750407761     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1070     Document Type: Review

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