A possible explanation on the changes in the spatial structure of ENSO from CMIP3 to CMIP5

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-145

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Ham, Yoo Geun ^b   Kirtman, Ben P ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bjerknes feedback; CMIP3; CMIP5; ENSO amplitude

Indexed keywords

BJERKNES FEEDBACK; CMIP3; CMIP5; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ENSO AMPLITUDE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896703226     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058478     Document Type: Article

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