Potential predictability of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-50

  Waliser, Duane E ^a   Lau, K M ^b   Stern, W ^c   Jones, C ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL PREDICTABILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0037278770     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-1-33     Document Type: Article

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