Extended wind stress analyses for ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2526-2540

  Wittenberg, Andrew T ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STORMS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WIND;

EASTERLIES; SURFACE WIND STRESSES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND PROFILE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 3843105978     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2526:EWSAFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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