Interdecadal variation of ENSO predictability in multiple models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4811-4833

  Tang, Youmin ^a   Deng, Ziwang ^a   Zhou, Xiaobing ^a   Cheng, Yanjie ^a   Chen, Dake ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC NOISES; DEGREE OF ASYMMETRIES; DOMINANT FACTORS; ENSO SIGNALS; FACTORS CONTROLS; INDIVIDUAL PREDICTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; INTERDECADAL VARIABILITIES; INTERDECADAL VARIATIONS; MEAN SQUARES; MULTIPLE MODELS; REALISTIC MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURIES;

FORECASTING;

DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 56349138635     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2193.1     Document Type: Article

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