The role of mean state on changes in El Niño's flavor

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1205-1215

  Choi, Jung ^a   An, Soon Il ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b   Yeh, Sang Wook ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIXED LAYER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 80052273763     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0912-1     Document Type: Article

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