Stochastic theories for the irregularity of ENSO

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1875, 2008, Pages 2511-2524

  Kleeman, Richard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate oscillation; ENSO; Irregular; Predictability; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; IRREGULAR; OSCILLATION PHENOMENON; PREDICTABILITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STOCHASTIC THEORIES; STOCHASTICS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 45149121627     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0048     Document Type: Article

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