The response of a coupled model of ENSO to observed estimates of stochastic forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2827-2842

  Zavala Garay, Javier ^a   Moore, A M ^a   Perez, C L ^a   Kleeman, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT FLUX; RANDOM PROCESSES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142010049     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2827:TROACM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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