The El Niño and Southern Oscillation in the historical centennial integrations of the new generation of climate models

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 121-130

  Michael, J P ^a   Misra, Vasubandhu ^b   Chassignet, Eric P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; CMIP5; El Ni o; ENSO; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Southern Oscillation; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893808415     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0452-4     Document Type: Article

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