GCM systematic error correction and specification of the seasonal mean Pacific-North America region atmosphere from global SSTs

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 273-288

  Smith, Thomas M ^a   Livezey, Robert E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR CORRECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (CCA); EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033017832     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.273     Document Type: Article

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