The tropical warm pool in the Indian Ocean and its influence on ENSO over the past 137,000 yrs BP

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1153-1156

  Saraswat, R ^a   Nigam, R ^a   Weldeab, S ^b,d   Mackensen, A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; Sea surface temperature; Tropical region; Warm pool

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34248347828     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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