Predictability of a stepwise shift in Pacific climate during the late 1990s in hindcast experiments using MIROC

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Chikamoto, Yoshimitsu ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^a   Ishii, Masayoshi ^b   Watanabe, Masahiro ^c   Nozawa, Toru ^a   Mochizuki, Takashi ^d   Tatebe, Hiroaki ^a   Sakamoto, Takashi T ^a   Komuro, Yoshiki ^a   Shiogama, Hideo ^d   Mori, Masato ^a   Yasunaka, Sayaka ^a   Imada, Yukiko ^a   Koyama, Hiroshi ^a   Nozu, Masato ^b   Jin, Fei Fei ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861381990     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A01     Document Type: Article

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