The self-organizing map, a new approach to apprehend the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence on the intraseasonal variability of rainfall in the southern African region

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1557-1573

  Oettli, Pascal ^a   Tozuka, Tomoki ^a   Izumo, Takeshi ^b   Engelbrecht, Francois A ^c   Yamagata, Toshio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian Oscillation; Self organizing map; Southern African rainfall; Subtropical atmosphere response

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MAP; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84906943493     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1985-4     Document Type: Article

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