The ECPC coupled prediction model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 295-316

  Yulaeva, Elena ^a   Kanamitsu, M ^a   Roads, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 39749122151     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR1929.1     Document Type: Article

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