Integrating ocean subsurface temperatures in statistical ENSO forecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3571-3586

  Ruiz, Jose Eric ^a   Cordery, Ian ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSURFACE CHARACTERISTICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27344432167     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3477.1     Document Type: Article

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