Global occurrences of extreme precipitation and the Madden-Julian oscillation: Observations and predictability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4575-4589

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EASTWARD PROPAGATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); PREDICTABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EXTREME EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 11844299713     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/3238.1     Document Type: Article

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