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