Simulation of ENSO in the new NCEP coupled forecast system model (CFS03)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1574-1593

  Wang, Wanqiu ^a,b,c   Saha, Suranjana ^c   Pan, Hua Lu ^c   Nadiga, Sudhir ^a   White, Glenn ^c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COUPLED FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); SEASONAL PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 23644438447     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2936.1     Document Type: Article

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