ENSO regimes and the late 1970's climate shift: The role of synoptic weather and South Pacific ocean spiciness

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-38

  O'Kane, Terence J ^a   Matear, Richard J ^a   Chamberlain, Matthew A ^a   Oke, Peter R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; ENSO; Spiciness; Stochastic forcing

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS;

CLIMATE REGIME; CLIMATE SHIFTS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DENSITY-COMPENSATED TEMPERATURES; EL NINO EVENT; ENSO; REGIME TRANSITION; SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS; SPICINESS; STOCHASTIC FORCING;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901282717     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.10.058     Document Type: Article

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