Representing El Niño in coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs: The dominant role of the atmospheric component

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4623-4629

  Guilyardi, E ^a,b   Gualdi, S ^c   Slingo, J ^a   Navarra, A ^c   Delecluse, P ^b   Cole, J ^a   Madec, G ^d   Roberts, M ^e   Latif, M ^f   Terray, L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^e Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^g CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERE MODELS; ATMOSPHERE RESOLUTION; CIRCULATION MODELS; MODULAR STRATEGY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 19944433267     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3260.1     Document Type: Article

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