Predictability of the seasonal mean atmospheric circulation during autumn, winter and spring

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3629-3649

  Straus, David ^a,b   Shukla, J ^a,b   Paolino, Dan ^b   Schubert, Siegfried ^c   Suarez, Max ^c   Pegion, Philip ^c   Kumar, Arun ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0347317914     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3629:POTSMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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