Initialization and predictability of a coupled ENSO forecast model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 773-788

  Chen, Dake ^a   Zebiak, Stephen E ^a   Cane, Mark A ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^b  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000549270     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0773:IAPOAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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