ENSO-driven interhemispheric Pacific mass transports

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6221-6237

  McGregor, Shayne ^a   Spence, Paul ^a   Schwarzkopf, Franziska U ^b   England, Matthew H ^a   Santoso, Agus ^a   Kessler, William S ^c   Timmermann, Axel ^d   Böning, Claus W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetry; ENSO; interhemispheric; mass exchange; OGCM

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; MASS TRANSPORT; UPPER OCEAN; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS;

EID: 84922973940     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010286     Document Type: Article

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