Sensitivity of the tropical Pacific Ocean simulation to the temporal and spatial resolution of wind forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11261-11271

  Chen, Dake ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^b   Zebiak, Stephen E ^a   Cane, Mark A ^a   Kushnir, Yochanan ^a   Witter, Donna ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RESOLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900031     Document Type: Article

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