An improved coupled model for ENSO prediction and implications for ocean initialization. Part II: The coupled model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1022-1034

  Ji, Ming ^a,b   Behringer, David W ^a   Leetmaa, Ants ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION;

EID: 0031718724     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1022:AICMFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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