A homogeneous stochastic model of the Madden-Julian oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3270-3288

  Jones, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE FACTORS; BEST ESTIMATES; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FIRST-ORDER; GAUSSIAN FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARKOV CHAIN; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; REANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MARKOV PROCESSES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TIME SERIES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 64049103596     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2609.1     Document Type: Article

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