Estimating the effect of stochastic wind stress forcing on ENSO irregularity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1473-1486

  Blanke, Bruno ^a   Neelin, J David ^b,d   Gutzler, David ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0031176640     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1473:ETEOSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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