How predictability depends on the nature of uncertainty in initial conditions in a coupled model of ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3298-3313

  Fan, Y ^a   Allen, M R ^a   Anderson, D L T ^a   Balmaseda, M A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COUPLED MODEL; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECAST ERRORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034275113     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3298:HPDOTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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