Decadal amplitude modulation of two types of ENSO and its relationship with the mean state

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 2631-2644

  Choi, Jung ^a   An, Soon Il ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Central Pacific El Nino; El Ni o La Ni a asymmetry; ENSO

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT BUDGET; LA NINA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84861800100     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1186-y     Document Type: Article

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