Objective identification of nonlinear convectively coupled phases of monsoon intraseasonal oscillation: Implications for prediction

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1549-1569

  Chattopadhyay, R ^a   Sahai, A K ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONFORMAL MAPPING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; LEAD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RHENIUM; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); COMPOSITE PHASE; COUPLED STATES; DATA-SETS; DYNAMICAL VARIABLES; ECMWF RE ANALYSIS (ERA 40); EVOLUTION (CO); EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION (ISO); LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION (LSC); NON LINEAR PATTERNS; NON-LINEAR PHASES; NONLINEAR PHASE; NONLINEAR STATES; OBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RE ANALYSIS; SELF ORGANIZING MAP (SOM); SPATIAL STRUCTURING; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); SUMMER MONSOONS;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MONSOON; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

EID: 45849095764     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2474.1     Document Type: Article

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