Initial-value predictability of prominent modes of North Pacific subsurface temperature in a CGCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1813-1834

  Teng, Haiyan ^a   Branstator, Grant ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79954598426     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0749-7     Document Type: Article

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