Does sea surface temperature outside the tropical Pacific contribute to enhanced ENSO predictability?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1311-1325

  Dayan, H ^a   Vialard, J ^a   Izumo, T ^a   Lengaigne, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Predictability; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84906724445     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1946-y     Document Type: Article

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