Analysis of the ENSO signal in tropospheric and stratospheric temperatures observed by MSU, 1979-2000

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3934-3946

  Calvo Fernández, Natalia ^a   García, Rolando R ^b   García Herrera, Ricardo ^a   Gallego Puyol, David ^a   Gimeno Presa, Luis ^c   Hernández Martín, Emiliano ^a   Ribera Rodríguez, Pedro ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EDDY CURRENTS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; OSCILLATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE WAVES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOF); MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT (MSU); QAUSI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO);

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 8744307671     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3934:AOTESI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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