On the low-level circulation over the western north Pacific in relation with the duration of El Niño

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Boo, Kyung On ^a   Lim, Gyu Ho ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING; STORMS;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; INTERANNUAL SIGNALS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4143053534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019418     Document Type: Article

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