Decadal modulation of ENSO in a hybrid coupled model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5482-5500

  Burgman, Robert J ^a   Schopf, Paul S ^b,c   Kirtman, Ben P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; MODULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

A STABLES; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC NOISES; CLIMATE DRIFTS; COUPLED MODELS; DECADAL CHANGES; DECADAL TIME SCALES; DECADAL VARIABILITIES; ENSO AMPLITUDES; FEEDBACKS]; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALES; ISOPYCNAL; LINEAR DYNAMICS; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW FREQUENCY BEHAVIORS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; OCEAN MODELS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; STATISTICAL ATMOSPHERES; STOCHASTIC FORCING; TIME SCALES; UNSTABLE SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MODELING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 56349112887     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI1933.1     Document Type: Article

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