ENSO prediction one year in advance using western North Pacific sea surface temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Shih Yu ^a   L'Heureux, Michelle ^b   Chia, Hsin Hsing ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

BOREAL WINTERS; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ENSO EVENTS; EQUATORIAL WINDS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEANIC KELVIN WAVES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

COASTAL ZONES;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WAVE ACTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84863245817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL050909     Document Type: Article

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