Reinterpreting the thermocline feedback in the western-central equatorial Pacific and its relationship with the ENSO modulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 819-830

  Dewitte, Boris ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b   Thual, Sulian ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate variability; ENSO asymmetry; ENSO feedbacks; ENSO modulation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84881029215     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1504-z     Document Type: Article

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