Measuring the strength of ENSO events: How does 1997/98 rank?

Weather

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 315-324

  Wolter, Klaus ^a   Timlin, Michael S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34249007635     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb06408.x     Document Type: Article

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