Analysis of the ENSO cycle in the NCEP coupled forecast model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1265-1284

  Zhang, Qin ^a   Kumar, Arun ^b   Xue, Yan ^b   Wang, Wanqiu ^b   Jin, Fei Fei ^c,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COUPLED MODEL; EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); NET SURFACE HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); THERMOCLINE FEEDBACK;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HEAT FLUX; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TIMESCALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 34247470658     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4062.1     Document Type: Article

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