The ENSO-related West Pacific Sea surface temperature gradient

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9545-9562

  Hoell, Andrew ^a   Funk, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; El Nino; ENSO; La Nina; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EL NINO; ENSO; LA NINA; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84888073307     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00344.1     Document Type: Article

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