Ensemble-mean dynamics of the ENSO recharge oscillator under state-dependent stochastic forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Jin, Fei Fei ^a,b   Lin, L ^a   Timmermann, A ^b   Zhao, J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WESTERLY;

EID: 34548048388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027372     Document Type: Article

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