Decadal prediction of interannual tropical and North Pacific sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5913-5922

  Lienert, Fabian ^a   Doblas Reyes, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a IC3 Institut Catala de Ciencies del Clima   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decadal Climate Prediction; North Pacific; North Pacific Gyre Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Sea Surface Temperature; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GYRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880855334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50469     Document Type: Article

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