The influences of interannual stratification variability and wind stress forcing on ENSO before and after the 1976 climate shift

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 623-631

  Lee, Yoon Kyoung ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b   Dewitte, Boris ^c   Moon, Byung Kwon ^d   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Laboratoire d'Etudes en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale   (France)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC MODE; EKMAN LAYER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84856553471     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0514-9     Document Type: Article

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