A Tripole Index for the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3077-3090

  Henley, Benjamin J ^a   Gergis, Joelle ^a   Karoly, David J ^a   Power, Scott ^b   Kennedy, John ^c   Folland, Chris K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation; IPO; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Variability; PDO; PDV; TPI

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84947493816     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2525-1     Document Type: Article

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