Prediction of the Madden-Julian oscillation: A review

Journal of Climate

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2018, Pages 9425-9443

  Kim, Hyemi ^a   Vitart, Frédéric ^b   Waliser, Duane E ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate prediction; Intraseasonal variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER RESOURCES; DYNAMICAL PREDICTIONS; EMPIRICAL PREDICTIONS; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85057118033     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0210.1     Document Type: Review

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