Ensembles of AGCM two-tier predictions and simulations of the circulation anomalies during winter 1997-98

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3589-3604

  Farrara, John D ^a   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033653301     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<3589:EOATTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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