Predictability of the western North Pacific summer climate associated with different ENSO phases by ENSEMBLES multi-model seasonal forecasts

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1829-1845

  Li, Chaofan ^a   Lu, Riyu ^a   Dong, Buwen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled models; ENSEMBLES; ENSO phases; Seasonal forecast; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888783963     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2010-7     Document Type: Article

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