Long-term fluctuations in the statistical properties of low-frequency variability: Dynamical origin and predictability

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 546, 1998, Pages 495-526

  Molteni, Franco ^a,c   Corti, Susanna ^a,b  

^a Ctro Calcolo I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CINECA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chaotic fluctuations; Interannual and interdecadal fluctuations; Multimodality; Planetary wave forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LOW FREQUENCY; PLANETARY WAVE; QUASI-GASTROPHIC FLOW; WAVE FORCING;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031803944     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54606     Document Type: Article

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