Linear Inverse Modeling Forecasts for Nino 3.4 Region
Cecile Penland & Ludmila Matrosova, NOAA/CDC
AUGUST 2007
FIGURE F10.
Predictions of SST anomalies in the Nino3.4 region (blue line) for leads of three months (top) to 12 months (bottom), from the Linear Inverse Modeling technique of Penland and Magorian (1993: J. Climate, 6, 1067-1076). Observed SST anomalies are indicated by the red line. Anomalies are calculated relative to the 1951-2000 climatology and are projected onto 20 leading EOFs. The Nino 3.4 region spans the east-central equatorial Pacific between 5N-5S, 170W-120W.
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