Mixed-layer water oscillations in tropical Pacific for ENSO cycle

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1892-1908

  Zhao, YongPing ^a   Chen, YongLi ^a   Wang, Fan ^a   Wu, AiMing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ENSO cycle; Mixed layer water oscillation; Thermocline and sea surface wind stress anomaly; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MERIDIONAL OSCILLATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MIXED LAYER; OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE; THERMOCLINE; TRADE WIND; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 36448936396     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0098-5     Document Type: Article

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