Understanding and modelling extra-tropical teleconnections with the Indo-Pacific region during the northern winter

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3119-3140

  Molteni, Franco ^a   Stockdale, Timothy N ^a   Vitart, Frédéric ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indo Pacific variability; Ocean atmosphere interactions; Seasonal prediction; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84947486836     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2528-y     Document Type: Article

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