Decadal changes in the Southern Hemisphere sea surface temperature in association with El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3227-3242

  Yeo, Sae Rim ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Yul ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decadal change; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Southern Annular Mode; Southern Hemisphere sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 84947493102     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2535-z     Document Type: Article

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