The skill of atmospheric linear inverse models in hindcasting the Madden–Julian Oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 897-906

  Cavanaugh, Nicholas R ^a   Allen, Teddy ^b   Subramanian, Aneesh ^a   Mapes, Brian ^b   Seo, Hyodae ^c   Miller, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindcast; Linear inverse model; Madden Julian Oscillation; Predictability; Tropical dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924979828     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2181-x     Document Type: Article

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