ENSO variability and prediction in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 59, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 35-52

  Frederiksen, Carsten S ^a   Frederiksen, Jorgen S ^a   Balgovind, Ramesh C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; LA NINA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80054978687     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.5901.006     Document Type: Article

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