Importance of oceanic decadal trends and westerly wind bursts for forecasting El Nino

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-392

  Perigaud, C M ^a   Cassou, C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; FORECASTING METHOD;

NICKEL; SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; DECADAL CHANGE; FORECAST SYSTEMS; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS; WESTERN PACIFIC; WINTER SEASONS;

FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS (WWB);

EID: 0034353471     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010781     Document Type: Article

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