Impact of the sea surface temperature forcing on hindcasts of Madden-Julian Oscillation events using the ECMWF model

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1071-1084

  De Boisseson E ^a,b   Balmaseda, M A ^a   Vitart, F ^a   Mogensen, K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AVHRR; BOUNDARY CONDITION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84871032123     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-1071-2012     Document Type: Article

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