Spring persistence, transition, and resurgence of El Niño

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8578-8585

  Lee, Sang Ki ^a,b   Dinezio, Pedro N ^c   Chung, Eui Seok ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^d   Wittenberg, Andrew T ^e   Wang, Chunzai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; ENSO; ENSO diversity; seasonal forecast; springtime ENSO variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; ENSO; ENSO DIVERSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FORECASTS; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; SPRINGTIME ENSO VARIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION;

NICKEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; PERSISTENCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON);

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84921602786     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062484     Document Type: Article

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