MJO propagation across the maritime continent in the ECMWF ensemble prediction system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3973-3988

  Kim, Hye Mi ^a   Kim, Daehyun ^b   Vitart, Frederic ^c   Toma, Violeta E ^d   Kug, Jong Seong ^e   Webster, Peter J ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate models; Forecasting; Geographic location entity; Hindcasts; Intraseasonal variability; Models and modeling; Tropics; Variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; MECHANICAL WAVES; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HINDCASTS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE ADVECTION; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME BOUNDARY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

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

EID: 84971435086     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0862.1     Document Type: Article

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