Influence of stratospheric circulation on the predictability of the tropospheric Northern Annular Mode

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Mukougawa, Hitoshi ^a   Hirooka, Toshihiko ^b   Kuroda, Yuhji ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; BOREAL WINTERS; DATA SETS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; INITIAL TIME; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; PREDICTION ERRORS; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 67449161305     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037127     Document Type: Article

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