Use of data assimilation via linear low-order models for the initialization of El Niño - Southern Oscillation predictions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C12, 2001, Pages 30947-30959

  Cañizares, Rafael ^a,c,d   Kaplan, Alexey ^a   Cane, Mark A ^a   Chen, Dake ^a   Zebiak, Stephen E ^b  

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

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Moffat and Nichol Engineers   (United States)

^d Moffatt and Nichol Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KALMAN FILTER; MODELING;

EID: 0035721683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000622     Document Type: Article

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