Analysis of the non-linearity in the pattern and time evolution of El Niño southern oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 2825-2847

  Dommenget, Dietmar ^a   Bayr, Tobias ^b   Frauen, Claudia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

El Nino Modoki; El Nino Southern Oscillation; ENSO dynamics; ENSO teleconnections; Seasonal to interannual predictions; Tropical Pacific climate variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; ZONAL WIND;

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

EID: 84878110828     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1475-0     Document Type: Article

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