ENSO-phase dependent TD and MRG wave activity in the western North Pacific

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1217-1227

  Wu, Liang ^a,b   Wen, Zhiping ^b   Li, Tim ^c   Huang, Ronghui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; MRG waves; TD waves; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894297137     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1754-4     Document Type: Article

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