Empirically derived Markov models and prediction of tropical Pacific Sea surface temperature anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-17

  Johnson, Scot D ^a   Battisti, David S ^a   Sarachik, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; EMPIRICAL DYNAMIC MODELING (EDM); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034039739     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0003:EDMMAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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