Prediction of primary climate variability modes at the Beijing Climate Center

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 204-223

  Ren, Hong Li ^a,b   Jin, Fei Fei ^a,c   Song, Lianchun ^a,b   Lu, Bo ^a,b   Tian, Ben ^a,b   Zuo, Jinqing ^a,b,d   Liu, Ying ^a,b,d   Wu, Jie ^a,b   Zhao, Chongbo ^a,b   Nie, Yu ^a,b   Zhang, Peiqun ^a,b   Ba, Jin ^a,b   Wu, Yujie ^a,b   Wan, Jianghua ^a,b   Yan, Yuping ^a,b   Zhou, Fang ^a,b,d  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation (AO); Beijing Climate Center (BCC); climate phenomenon prediction system (CPPS); El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO)

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 85015746136     PISSN: 20956037     EISSN: 21980934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-017-6097-3     Document Type: Article

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