Abstract: The impact of anomalous tropical forcing on the anomalous tropical and extratropical circulation is examined by comparing the response of a global steady state linear primitive equation model with observations for nine ...

Abstract: We examine the persistence of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) anomalies in the tropics on many different time scales during 1974?86. We calculate ?one-lag autocorrelations? by constructing nonoverlapping 1-, 15-, and ...

Abstract: The value of assimilated subsurface oceanic data to statistical predictions of interannual variability of sea surface temperature (SST) at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) is shown. Subsurface ...

Abstract: The NCEP and NCAR are cooperating in a project (denoted ?reanalysis?) to produce a 40-year record of global analyses of atmospheric fields in support of the needs of the research and climate monitoring communities. This ...