Examination of the two types of ENSO in the NCEP CFS model and its extratropical associations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1908-1923

  Kim, Seon Tae ^a   Yu, Jin Yi ^a   Kumar, Arun ^b   Wang, Hui ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Clouds; ENSO; Feedback; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENSO; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXTRATROPICAL; MODEL EVALUATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN SURFACES; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STABILITY INDICES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; FEEDBACK; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRATUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84862170599     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00300.1     Document Type: Article

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