A delayed action oscillator shared by the ENSO and QDO in the Indian Ocean

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-241

  White, Warren B ^a   Tourre, Yves M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Delayed action oscillator; ENSO; Indian Ocean; Ocean atmosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33847781873     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0024-7     Document Type: Article

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