Impact of the Northern Hemisphere extratropics on the skill in predicting the Madden Julian Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Vitart, F ^a   Jung, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; BOREAL WINTERS; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; EXTRATROPICS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; HINDCASTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PROPAGATION SPEED; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PREDICTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78650445614     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045465     Document Type: Article

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