Intrinsic modulation of ENSO predictability viewed through a local Lyapunov lens

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 253-270

  Karamperidou, Christina ^a,d   Cane, Mark A ^b   Lall, Upmanu ^a   Wittenberg, Andrew T ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Local Lyapunov exponents; Predictability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 84891624803     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1759-z     Document Type: Article

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