The global ocean imprint of ENSO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Roemmich, Dean ^a   Gilson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSO SIGNAL; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT BALANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 79960489236     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047992     Document Type: Article

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