The impact of NSCAT winds on predicting the 1997/1998 El Niño: A case study with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11321-11327

  Chen, Dake ^a   Cane, Mark A ^a   Zebiak, Stephen E ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NSCAT; SATELLITE SENSOR; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WIND FIELD;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc02543     Document Type: Article

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