Stochastic forcing of ENSO by the intraseasonal oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1199-1220

  Moore, Andrew M ^a   Kleeman, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STOCHASTIC NOISE FORCING; SYNOPTIC INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OSCILLATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

EID: 0032881304     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1199:SFOEBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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