Forecasting an index of the madden-oscillation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1611-1618

  Maharaj, Elizabeth Ann ^a   Wheeler, Matthew C ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivarite series; Forecasting skill; MJO; VAR models

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BI-VARIATE SERIES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF); FORECASTING SKILL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE (VAR) MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 27144470730     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1206     Document Type: Article

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