Real-time localised forecasting of the Madden-Julian Oscillation using neural network models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 643, 2009, Pages 1471-1483

  Love, Barnaby S ^a   Matthews, Adrian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MJO; OLR; Principal components; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; FINITE NUMBER; FORECAST MODEL; HIGHER ORDER; LEADTIME; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; LOW ORDER; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MJO; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; OLR; PARAMETRISATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REAL TIME; REGIONAL GOVERNMENT; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STATISTICAL FORECASTING; WESTERN PACIFIC;

MICROCOMPUTERS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); PHILIPPINE SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 70349596945     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.463     Document Type: Article

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