ENSO stability in coupled climate models and its association with mean state

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 3313-3321

  Kim, Seon Tae ^a   Cai, Wenju ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^b   Yu, Jin Yi ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BJ index; CMIP5; ENSO; ENSO feedback; ENSO stability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDEX METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84902006441     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1833-6     Document Type: Article

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