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Science 27 July 1984:
Vol. 225. no. 4660, pp. 411 - 414
DOI: 10.1126/science.225.4660.411
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An El Niño Signal in Atmospheric Angular Momentum and Earth Rotation

RICHARD D. ROSEN 1, DAVID A. SALSTEIN 1, T. MARSHALL EUBANKS 2, JEAN O. DICKEY 2, and J. ALAN STEPPE 2

1 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., 840 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109

Anomalously high values of atmospheric angular momentum and length of day were observed in late January 1983. This signal in the time series of these two coupled quantities appears to have been a consequence of the equatorial Pacific Ocean warming event of 1982-1983.

Submitted on February 13, 1984
Accepted on April 18, 1984


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