Accurate integration of stochastic climate models with application to El Niño

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-164

  Ewald, Brian ^a   Penland, Cécile ^b   Temam, Roger ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

HASSELMANN'S SUGESTIONS; STOCHASTIC CLIMATE MODELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 1842535208     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0154:AIOSCM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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