Impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the intraseasonal forecast skill of the North Atlantic Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Lin, Hai ^a   Brunet, Gilbert ^a   Fontecilla, Juan Sebastian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

DYNAMICAL MODEL; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HINDCASTS; INDIAN OCEAN; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL STATE; LEADTIME; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL INTERACTIONS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HINDCASTING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77957707536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044315     Document Type: Article

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