El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Magnitudes and asymmetry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Douglass, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; DIGITAL FILTERING; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; GAUSSIANS; INDEX N; NEGATIVE VALUES; NEW RESULTS; POSITIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; COMMONLY USED;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; DATA INTERPRETATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; INDEX METHOD; LA NINA; PERTURBATION; ASYMMETRY; DATA SET; EL NINO;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

NIA;

EID: 77955537088     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013508     Document Type: Article

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