Variations of the East Asian mei-yu and simulation and prediction by the NCEP climate forecast system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-108

  Gao, Hui ^a   Yang, Song ^b   Kumar, Arun ^b   Hu, Zeng Zhen ^b   Huang, Bohua ^c   Li, Yueqing ^d   Jha, Bhaskar ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate models; Fronts; Interannual variability; Monsoons

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE MODEL; FRONTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MONSOONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 79251572648     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3540.1     Document Type: Article

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