ENSO diversity in the NCAR CCSM4 climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4755-4770

  Capotondi, Antonietta ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO diversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; CONTROL SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; ENSO DIVERSITY; EVENT TYPES; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; WESTERN SIDE;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOFTWARE; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84890284369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20335     Document Type: Article

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