El Niño-La Niña events simulated with Cane and Zebiak's model and observed with satellite or in situ data. Part II: Model forced with observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1188-1207

  Dewitte, Boris ^a   Perigaud, Claire ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CANE AND ZEBIAK'S MODEL; CONVECTION; EL NINO; LA NINA; PARAMETERIZATIONS; WIND;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030485267     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1188:ENLNES>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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