A Boolean delay equation model of ENSO variability

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 54-78

  Saunders, Amira ^a   Ghil, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Delay equations; Devil's staircase; El Ni o; Frequency locking; Hierarchical modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035576779     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(01)00331-1     Document Type: Article

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