The relationship between intraseasonal tropical variability and ENSO and its modulation at seasonal to decadal timescales

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-196

  Gushchina, Daria ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; intraseasonal tropical variability; ocean atmosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052687460     PISSN: 20819900     EISSN: 18961517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13533-011-0017-3     Document Type: Article

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