Multi-decadal variations of the South Indian Ocean subsurface temperature influenced by Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Xiaobing Zhou; Oscar Alves; Simon J. Marsland; Daohua Bi; Anthony C. Hirst

doi:10.1080/16000870.2017.1308055

Multi-decadal variations of the South Indian Ocean subsurface temperature influenced by Pacific Decadal Oscillation

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Volume 69 (2017): Issue 1

By: Xiaobing Zhou, Oscar Alves, Simon J. Marsland, Daohua Bi and Anthony C. Hirst

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2017.1308055 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Submitted on: Jan 23, 2017

Accepted on: Mar 14, 2017

Published on: Jan 1, 2017

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Keywords:

South Indian Ocean,

multi-decadal variations,

Pacific Decadal Oscillation

© 2017 Xiaobing Zhou, Oscar Alves, Simon J. Marsland, Daohua Bi, Anthony C. Hirst, published by Stockholm University Press
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