Analysis of the Slab Ocean El Nino atmospheric feedbacks in observed and simulated ENSO dynamics

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 3187-3205

  Dommenget, Dietmar ^a   Haase, Sabine ^b   Bayr, Tobias ^b   Frauen, Claudia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Climate variability; Cloud feedback; El Nino Southern Oscillation; ENSO; General circulation models; Tropical Pacific cold tongue

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HEAT CAPACITY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84901987382     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2057-0     Document Type: Article

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