Coupled model predictions of ENSO during the 1980s and the 1990s at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3105-3120

  Ji, Ming ^a,b   Leetmaa, Ants ^a   Kousky, Vernon E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COUPLED FORECAST MODEL; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NCEP; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030436585     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<3105:CMPOED>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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