Articles | Volume 16, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0116-0
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0116-0
31 Jan 1998
31 Jan 1998

Non-linear modelling of monthly mean vorticity time changes: an application to the western Mediterranean

M. Finizio and S. Palmieri

Abstract. Starting from a number of observables in the form of time-series of meteorological elements in various areas of the northern hemisphere, a model capable of fitting past records and predicting monthly vorticity time changes in the western Mediterranean is implemented. A new powerful statistical methodology is introduced (MARS) in order to capture the non-linear dynamics of time-series representing the available 40-year history of the hemispheric circulation. The developed model is tested on a suitable independent data set. An ensemble forecast exercise is also carried out to check model stability in reference to the uncertainty of input quantities.

Key words. Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics · General circulation ocean-atmosphere interactions · Synoptic-scale meteorology