Validating and understanding the ENSO simulation in two coupled climate models

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-308

  Misra, Vasubandhu ^a   Marx, Larry ^a   Kinter, James L ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a   Guo, Zhichang ^a   Min, Dughong ^a   Fennessy, Mike ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Kallummal, Rameshan ^a   Straus, David M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 34247222125     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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