The seasonal development of an SST anomaly in the Indian Ocean and its relationship to ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-52

  Nagura, Motoki ^a,c   Konda, Masanori ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; WIND;

EL NĨO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NĨA; THERMAL FORCINGS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33846460748     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3986.1     Document Type: Article

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