ENSO predictability of a fully coupled GCM model using singular vector analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3361-3377

  Tang, Youmin ^a   Kleeman, Richard ^b   Miller, Sonya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VECTORS;

COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); SINGULAR VECTOR ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE OPTIMAL PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33746798050     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3771.1     Document Type: Article

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