El Niño-La Niña events simulated with cane and Zebiak's model and observed with satellite or in situ data. Part I: Model data comparison

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-84

  Perigaud, Claire ^a   Dewitte, Boris ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC COUPLED MODEL; EL NINO PHENOMENA; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; ZEBIAK AND CANE MODEL;

EID: 0029730540     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0066:ENNESW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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