The dynamics of error growth and predictability in a coupled model of ENSO

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 534, 1996, Pages 1405-1446

  Moore, Andrew M ^a,c   Kleeman, Richard ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Error growth; Ocean atmosphere model; Predictability; Sea surface temperatures; Singular vectors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MODEL; ENSO; ERROR GROWTH; MODEL; PREDICTABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

EID: 0030448959     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53408     Document Type: Article

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