Kinetic energy exchanges between the time scales of ENSO and the Pacific decadal oscillation

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Stefanova, Lydia ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80355147333     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0162-8     Document Type: Article

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