Impact of the quasi-biennial oscillation on predictability of the Madden–Julian oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1365-1377

  Marshall, Andrew G ^a   Hendon, Harry H ^a,b   Son, Seok Woo ^c   Lim, Yuna ^c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Boreal winter; Forecast; Madden Julian oscillation; MJO; Predictability; Prediction; QBO; Quasi biennial oscillation; Subseasonal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

EID: 84991094102     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3392-0     Document Type: Article

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