Analysis of intraseasonal and interannual variability of the Asian summer monsoon using a hidden Markov model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5498-5516

  Yoo, Jin Ho ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^b   Kang, In Sik ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; Interannual variability; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Monsoons; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ASIA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOONS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARKOV CHAIN; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUMMER;

ASIA;

EID: 78649261525     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3473.1     Document Type: Article

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