The annual cycle in ENSO growth rate as a cause of the spring predictability barrier

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5034-5041

  Levine, Aaron F Z ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Growth Rate; Multiplicative Noise; Spring Predictability Barrier

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

BOREAL SPRING; BOREAL WINTERS; ENSO; ENSO FORECAST; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; PHASE-LOCKING; RECHARGE OSCILLATOR; STATE-DEPENDENT NOISE;

GROWTH RATE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOISE; PREDICTION; SPRING (SEASON); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84939844835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064309     Document Type: Article

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