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Observations of Warm Water Volume Changes in the Equatorial Pacific and Their Relationship to El Niño and La Niña

C. S. Meinen1 and M. J. McPhaden2

1Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, 98115

Journal of Climate, 13(20), 3551–3559 (2000).
Copyright ©2000 by the American Meteorological Society. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

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