A comparison of the atmospheric response to ENSO in coupled and uncoupled model simulations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 479-487

  Jha, Bhaskar ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; COUPLED SIMULATIONS; DOMINANT FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; INTER ANNUALS; ONE STEPS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; UNCOUPLED MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

SEAWATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 64149120440     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2489.1     Document Type: Article

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