Seasonal synchronization of ENSO events in a linear stochastic model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5629-5643

  Stein, Karl ^a   Schneider, Niklas ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Seasonal effects; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR FREQUENCIES; EKMAN PUMPING; ENSO; ENSO EVENTS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; HIGH-RESOLUTION GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HINDCASTS; MEAN FLOW FIELDS; MODEL PARAMETERS; OCEAN HEAT; PERIODIC VARIATION; RATE PARAMETERS; RECHARGE OSCILLATOR; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL EFFECTS; TIME DEPENDENCE; VARYING BACKGROUND;

GROWTH RATE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT BUDGET; HINDCASTING; MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 78649281971     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3292.1     Document Type: Article

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