A brief introduction to El Niño and la Niña

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 2010, Pages 53-64

  Penland, Cécile ^a   Sun, De Zheng ^a,b   Capotondi, Antonietta ^a,b   Vimont, Daniel J ^c  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84878087657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000846     Document Type: Review

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