The SST-forced predictability of the sub-seasonal mode over East Asia with an atmospheric general circulation model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1599-1606

  Kim, Ki Young ^a   Kitoh, Akio ^b   Ha, Kyung Ja ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asian summer monsoon; SST forced predictability; Sub seasonal mode

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NANOFLUIDICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN MONSOONS; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EXTENDED EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; INTERNAL VARIABILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL MEANS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; SST-FORCED PREDICTABILITY; SUB-SEASONAL MODE; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57849132614     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1655     Document Type: Article

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