Is the Indian Ocean SST variability a homogeneous diffusion process?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-547

  Hannachi, A ^a   Dommenget, D ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; HOMOGENEITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 67849087209     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0512-5     Document Type: Article

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