Influence of ENSO on Pacific decadal variability: An analysis based on the NCEP climate forecast system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6136-6151

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Kumar, Arun ^a   Wang, Wanqiu ^a   Xue, Yan ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wyle Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Decadal variability; ENSO; North Pacific Ocean; Pacific decadal oscillation

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; CLIMATE FORECASTS; COUPLED MODELS; DECADAL TIMESCALE; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ENSO; FULLY-COUPLED; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL VARIABILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECTRAL PEAK; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE WINDS; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIMESCALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84867681273     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00573.1     Document Type: Article

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