Experiments with coupled systems
1.Zebiak-Cane model (Cai et al, 2002, J of Cl.):
–We found the instabilities of the ENSO evolution, and their dependence on the annual cycle and the ENSO phase
–Minimizing the projection on bred vectors on the initial conditions reduces a lot the “spring barrier”
2.NSIPP coupled GCM
–We performed two independent breeding experiments
–Results suggest we can isolate the ENSO instabilities
3.Breeding with the NSIPP operational system
–Underway