Pausing of the ENSO cycle: A case study from 1998 to 2002

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 342-363

  Nagura, Motoki ^a,b   Ando, Kentaro ^a   Mizuno, Keisuke ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT BALANCE; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVE; WARMING ANOMALY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EDDY; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HEAT BALANCE; LA NINA; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 40849134344     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1765.1     Document Type: Article

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