Western Pacific SST prediction with an intermediate El Niño prediction model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1343-1352

  Kug, Jong Seong ^a   Kang, In Sik ^a   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMODYNAMICS;

INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WESTERN PACIFIC;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); WORLD;

EID: 20444485367     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2921.1     Document Type: Article

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