Forecasting Pacific SSTs: Linear inverse model predictions of the PDO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-402

  Alexander, Michael A ^a   Matrosova, Ludmila ^a   Penland, Cécile ^a   Scott, James D ^a   Chang, Ping ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORECAST SKILL; LINEAR INVERSE MODEL; MERIDIONAL MODE; OPTIMAL STRUCTURE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEASONAL FOOTPRINTING MECHANISM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 40849115049     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1849.1     Document Type: Article

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