Prediction of the Madden-Julian oscillation with the POAMA dynamical prediction system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 649-661

  Rashid, Harun A ^a   Hendon, Harry H ^a   Wheeler, Matthew C ^a   Alves, Oscar ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ensemble hindcasts; Madden Julian Oscillation; Predictability; RMM index; Tropical intraseasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HINDCASTING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 79551604637     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0754-x     Document Type: Article

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