ENSO prediction with Markov models: The impact of sea level

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 849-871

  Xue, Yan ^a,b,c   Leetmaa, Ants ^a   Ji, Ming ^a  

^a RDC   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARKOV MODELS; MULTIVARIATE EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; SEA LEVEL ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND STRESS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARKOV CHAIN; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0343090518     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0849:EPWMMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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