Application of a serial extended forecast experiment using the ECMWF model to interpret the predictive skill of tropical intraseasonal variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 855-872

  Agudelo, P A ^a   Hoyos, C D ^a   Webster, P J ^a   Curry, J A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Forecasting skill; Intraseasonal oscillation; Madden Julian oscillation; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIDITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIMESCALE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WARM POOL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 62549101279     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0447-x     Document Type: Article

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