ENSO bred vectors in coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1422-1436

  Yang, S C ^a   Cai, Ming ^b   Kalnay, E ^a   Reinecker, M ^c   Yuan, G ^d   Toth, Z ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRED VECTOR; DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SHALLOW THERMOCLINE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 33646756214     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3696.1     Document Type: Article

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