Optimal initial perturbations for ensemble prediction of the Madden-Julian oscillation during boreal winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4932-4945

  Ham, Yoo Geun ^a   Schubert, Siegfried ^a   Chang, Yehui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Ensembles; Forecasting techniques; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLES; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL VARIABILTY;

CLIMATOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTOR SPACES;

FORECASTING;

CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PERTURBATION; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84865124432     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00344.1     Document Type: Article

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