Characteristics of the CMIP3 models simulating realistic response of tropical western Pacific precipitation to niño3 SST variability

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 807-819

  Ose, Tomoaki ^a   Arakawa, Osamu ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 70349525051     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.807     Document Type: Article

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