Predictability experiments for the Asian Summer Monsoon: Impact of SST anomalies on interannual and intraseasonal variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4001-4021

  Molteni, Franco ^a   Corti, Susanna ^b   Ferranti, Laura ^c   Slingo, Julia M ^d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND;

INTERSEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 1642439248     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<4001:PEFTAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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