Low-order stochastic model and "past-noise forecasting" of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5305-5310

  Kondrashov, D ^a   Chekroun, M D ^a   Robertson, A W ^b   Ghil, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

MJO modeling; pathwise forecasting; predictability; stochastic reduced models

Indexed keywords

LOW-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; LOW-FREQUENCY MODES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; PREDICTABILITY; REDUCED MODEL; SERIAL CORRELATION; SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WHITE NOISE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NONLINEARITY; SEASONALITY; SPECTRUM; STOCHASTICITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84885363005     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50991     Document Type: Article

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