Coupled assimilation for an intermediated coupled ENSO prediction model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1061-1073

  Zheng, Fei ^b   Zhu, Jiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coupled data assimilation; EnKF; ENSO prediction; ICM

Indexed keywords

COUPLED STATE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EARLY WARNING; ENKF; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ENSO PREDICTION; ENSO PREDICTION MODELS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EVENT TRIGGER; FORECAST ERRORS; HINDCASTS; ICM; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERMEDIATE COUPLED MODEL; OCEAN STATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WIND DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KALMAN FILTER; MODEL TEST; OCEANIC CURRENT; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 77958090344     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0307-1     Document Type: Article

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