An analysis of nonlinear relationship between the MJO and ENSO

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 867-881

  Tang, Youmin ^a   Yu, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NONLINEARITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 65749116789     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.867     Document Type: Article

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