A study of ENSO prediction using a hybrid coupled model and the adjoint method for data assimilation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2748-2764

  Galanti, Eli ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^a   Harrison, Matthew ^b   Rosati, Anthony ^b   Sirkes, Ziv ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION;

EID: 0141902187     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2748:ASOEPU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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