Westerly wind events in the tropical pacific and their influence on the coupled ocean-atmosphere system: A review

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 147, Issue , 2004, Pages 49-69

  Lengaigne, Matthieu ^a,b   Boulanger, Jean Philippe ^a   Menkes, Christophe ^a   Delecluse, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040180358     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/147GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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