Skillful wintertime North American temperature forecasts out to 4 weeks based on the state of ENSO and the MJO

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-38

  Johnson, Nathaniel C ^a,b   Collins, Dan C ^c   Feldstein, Steven B ^d   L'heureux, Michelle L ^c   Riddle, Emily E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Probability forecasts models distribution; Statistical forecasting; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894049005     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-13-00102.1     Document Type: Article

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