Pre- and post-1997/98 Westerly wind events and equatorial pacific cold tongue warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 568-581

  Harrison, D E ^a   Chiodi, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EASTERN PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; IN-SITU; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; SST ANOMALIES; WIND EVENTS; ZONAL WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 64049112472     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2270.1     Document Type: Article

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