Mixed layer heat budget of the El Niño in NCEP climate forecast system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 365-381

  Huang, Boyin ^a   Xue, Yan ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Wanqiu ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CURRENT; UPWELLING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84863006272     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1111-4     Document Type: Article

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