Multiseason lead forecast of the north atlantic power dissipation index (PDI) and accumulated cyclone energy (ACE)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3631-3643

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGIES; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; SEASONAL FORECASTING; STATISTICAL-DYNAMICAL; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPICS;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN BASIN; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84878159674     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00448.1     Document Type: Article

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