A study of the predictability of tropical pacific SST in a coupled atmosphere-ocean model using singular vector analysis: The role of the annual cycle and the ENSO cycle

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 831-845

  Chen, Ying Quei ^a   Battisti, David S ^a   Palmer, T N ^b   Barsugli, Joseph ^c   Sarachik, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0001564397     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0831:ASOTPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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