Predictability of the Madden-Julian oscillation estimated using observational data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1004-1013

  Ding, Ruiqiang ^a   Li, Jianping ^a   Seo, Kyong Hwan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY; BACKGROUND NOISE; BAND PASS; BAND PASS FILTERING; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; LOCAL LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT; REAL TIME ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME PREDICTION; WIND FIELD;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REAL TIME; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953191931     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3082.1     Document Type: Article

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