A comparative analysis of change in the first and second moment of the PDF of seasonal mean 200-mb heights with ENSO SSTs

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1412-1423

  Jha, Bhaskar ^a   Kumar, Arun ^b,c  

^a Climate Prediction Center   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RELATIVE IMPACTS; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL MEANS; SEASONAL PREDICTIONS; SECOND MOMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 64049086290     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2495.1     Document Type: Article

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