The Madden-Julian oscillation and boreal winter forecast skill: An analysis of NCEP CFSv2 reforecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 6297-6307

  Jones, Charles ^a   Hazra, Abheera ^a   Carvalho, Leila M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Forecast verification skill; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EID: 84942926808     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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