Prediction skill of the NAO and PNA from daily to seasonal time scales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1957-1975

  Johansson, Åke ^a,b  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICS;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICAN TELECONNECTION PATTERN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKEWNESS; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250674800     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4072.1     Document Type: Article

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