A statistical forecast model of tropical intraseasonal convective anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2078-2095

  Jones, Charles ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^b   Higgins, R Wayne ^c   Waliser, Duane E ^d   Schemm, J K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECAST MODEL; ZONAL COMPONENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; CONVECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3042839803     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2078:ASFMOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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