Medium-range forecast errors associated with active episodes of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-86

  Hendon, Harry H ^a   Liebmann, Brant ^a   Newman, Matthew ^a   Glick, John D ^a   Schemm, J E ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION;

EID: 0034066983     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0069:MRFEAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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