Seasonal predictability of the Atlantic Warm Pool in the NCEP CFS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Misra, Vasubandhu ^a   Chan, Steven ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ERRORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HINDCASTS; LEADTIME; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; PROBABILISTIC SKILL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; UNIFORM PHASE; WARM POOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; WARM POOL;

EID: 71949104466     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039762     Document Type: Article

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