A coupled method for initializing El Niño Southern Oscillation forecasts using sea surface temperature
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i3.14661 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 340 - 356
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2004
Accepted on: Oct 21, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2005 Noel Keenlyside, Mojib Latif, Michael Botzet, Johann Jungclaus, Uwe Schulzweida, published by Stockholm University Press
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