Source of low frequency modulation of ENSO amplitude in a CGCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Moon, Byung Kwon ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b   Dewitte, Boris ^c   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^d   Kang, In Sik ^d  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Laboratoire d'Etudes en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale   (France)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BAROCLINIC MODE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34248550566     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0219-4     Document Type: Article

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