Atmospheric properties of ENSO: Models versus observations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1073-1091

  Philip, Sjoukje Yvette ^a   van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate models; ENSO; Nonlinearities; Stochastic forcing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NONLINEARITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 77952881852     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0579-7     Document Type: Article

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