Interactions of ENSO, the IOD, and the SAM in CMIP3 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1688-1704

  Cai, Wenju ^a   Sullivan, Arnold ^a   Cowan, Tim ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Coupled models; ENSO; Indian Ocean; Southern Ocean; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COUPLED MODELS; ENSO; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCOMOTIVES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAILROAD CARS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79955144550     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3744.1     Document Type: Article

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