ENSO-like variability: 1900-2013

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 9623-9641

  Chen, Xianyao ^a   Wallace, John M ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Circulation Dynamics; ENSO; Interannual variability; Interdecadal variability; Pacific decadal oscillation; Sea surface temperature; Southern Oscillation; Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WAVES;

ENSO; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84957101252     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0322.1     Document Type: Article

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