The impact of westerly wind bursts on the diversity and predictability of El Niño events: An ocean energetics perspective

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4654-4663

  Hu, Shineng ^a   Fedorov, Alexey V ^a   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^b   Guilyardi, Eric ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

El Ni o predictability; ENSO diversity; ocean energetics; westerly wind bursts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COUPLED MODELING; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENSO DIVERSITY; INITIAL STATE; KEYPOINTS; OCEAN ENERGETICS; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS;

WIND STRESS;

EID: 84903422433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059573     Document Type: Article

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