Recent progress on two types of El Niño: Observations, dynamics, and future changes

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-81

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b   An, Soon Il ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conventional El Ni o; ENSO; ENSO diversity; Two types of El Ni o

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898987121     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-014-0028-3     Document Type: Review

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