Sensitivity of MJO simulation and predictability to sea surface temperature variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5304-5317

  Kim, Hye Mi ^a   Hoyos, Carlos D ^b   Webster, Peter J ^b   Kang, In Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; FORECASTING; RAIN; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ASIAN MONSOONS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BOUNDARY FORCING; CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; COUPLED PHENOMENONS; COUPLED PROCESSES; EASTWARD PROPAGATIONS; HIGH TEMPORALS; LEAD TIMES; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; PROPAGATING MODES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; VELOCITY POTENTIALS; WAVE NUMBERS; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; FORECASTING METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 56349166167     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2078.1     Document Type: Article

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