Interannual and interdecadal variability of ocean temperature along the equatorial Pacific in conjunction with ENSO

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1243-1258

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Hu, Zeng Zhen ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; ENSO Modoki; Interannual and interdecadal variations; Ocean temperature along the equatorial pacific; Tilt mode; Warm water volume mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894323248     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1721-0     Document Type: Article

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