A review of the Southern Oscillation: oceanic-atmospheric circulation changes and related rainfall anomalies

Vernon E. Kousky; Mary T. Kagano; Iracema F. A. Cavalcanti

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v36i5.11649

A review of the Southern Oscillation: oceanic-atmospheric circulation changes and related rainfall anomalies

Tellus

Volume 36 (1984): Issue 5

By: Vernon E. Kousky, Mary T. Kagano and Iracema F. A. Cavalcanti

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