Ocean-atmosphere coupling and the boreal winter MJO

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 771-784

  Kim, Hye Mi ^a   Hoyos, Carlos D ^a   Webster, Peter J ^a   Kang, In Sik ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MJO; Ocean atmosphere coupling; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EID: 77953720524     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0612-x     Document Type: Article

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