Detecting the Nonstationary Response of ENSO to Greenhouse Warming

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2313-2325

  Tlmmermann, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICAL MOMENTS; LINEAR PERTURBATION THEORY; NONSTATIONARY RESPONSE; OPTIMAL SPECTRAL FINGERPRINT;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 0032761511     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2313:dtnroe>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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