Interdecadal enhancement of the walker circulation over the Tropical Pacific in the late 1990s

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-262

  Dong, Buwen ^a   Lu, Riyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

interdecadal change; Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation; late 1990s; Walker circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873643331     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-2069-9     Document Type: Article

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