ENSO simulation and prediction in a hybrid coupled model with data assimilation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Tang, Youmin ^a   Hsieh, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD;

COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO; MODEL; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037677587     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.1     Document Type: Article

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