How variable is the uncertainty in ENSO sea surface temperature prediction?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2779-2788

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Hu, Zeng Zhen ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; HINDCASTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84896953494     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00576.1     Document Type: Article

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