The role of stochastic forcing in ensemble forecasts of the 1997/98 El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2526-2540

  Shi, Li ^a   Alves, Oscar ^a   Hendon, Harry H ^a   Wang, Guomin ^a   Anderson, David ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COUPLED MODELS; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STOCHASTIC FORCING; WESTERN PACIFIC;

IMPACT STRENGTH; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; THERMOCLINE; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 66849106719     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2469.1     Document Type: Article

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