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The problem
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Extended range weather prediction models commonly
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assume that the ocean always forces the
atmosphere
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and disregard the feedback effect of the atmosphere
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on the ocean. Most of the observational studies, on
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other hand, indicate that away from the deep tropics
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the atmosphere tend to force the ocean.
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b. There is
very limited knowledge on the characteristics
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and causes of unusually long lasting anomalies.
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