Predictions of Indian ocean SST indices with a simple statistical model: A null hypothesis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4930-4938

  Dommenget, Dietmar ^a   Jansen, Malte ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IMPROVED PREDICTABILITY; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; NOISE PROCESS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SIMPLE MODEL; STATISTICAL MODELS; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 70350012327     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2846.1     Document Type: Article

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