Forecast skill of the Madden-Julian oscillation in two canadian atmospheric models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4130-4149

  Lin, Hai ^a   Brunet, Gilbert ^a   Derome, Jacques ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEMS; NANOFLUIDICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; BIVARIATE; DYNAMICAL MODELS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; GEM MODELS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HINDCAST; INDIAN OCEANS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LARGE AMPLITUDES; LEAD TIMES; LONG TIMES; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; MULTISCALE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRECIPITATION RATES; SKILL SCORES; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; THIRD GENERATIONS; TROPICAL AFRICA; ZONAL WINDS;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 57149146470     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2459.1     Document Type: Article

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