On the role of oceanic entrainment temperature (Te) in decadal changes of El Niño/Southern Oscillation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 529-540

  Zhu, J ^a,b   Zhou, G ^a   Zhang, R H ^c   Sun, Z ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENTRAINMENT; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 79952588255     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-529-2011     Document Type: Article

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