Simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation and its teleconnections in the ECMWF forecast system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 649, 2010, Pages 842-855

  Vitart, Frédéric ^a   Molteni, Franco ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MJO; Monthly forecasting

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ENSEMBLE INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; HINDCASTS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MJO; NORTH ATLANTIC; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; PROBABILISTIC SKILL; REANALYSIS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TELECONNECTIONS; TIME RANGE; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER REGIMES; ZONAL WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954491947     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.623     Document Type: Article

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