Role of stochastic forcing in ENSO in observations and a coupled GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 87-107

  Kapur, Atul ^a   Zhang, Chidong ^a   Zavala Garay, Javier ^b   Hendon, Harry H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CGCM; Coupled ocean atmosphere; ENSO; Intermediate coupled model; MJO; Stochastic forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTICITY; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84855270109     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1070-9     Document Type: Article

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