Impact of atmospheric horizontal resolution on El Niño Southern Oscillation forecasts

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-374

  Gualdi, Silvio ^a   Alessandri, Andrea ^a   Navarra, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RESOLUTION;

EID: 18544385792     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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