Predictability of a stochastically forced hybrid coupled model of El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1488-1504

  Eckert, Christian ^a   Latif, Mojib ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; STOCHASTIC WIND STRESS FORCING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0031176665     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1488:POASFH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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