East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) index (Zhang et al., 2003): MODES forecast
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Observation (NECP-I)
2017Sep -1.79
2017Oct 1.48
2017Nov -1.26
2017Dec 0.06
2018Jan 0.29
2018Feb -0.20
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Prediction (MODES)
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*         BCC    CFS    EC
2018Mar  2.02  1.54  1.05 
2018Apr  0.19  1.34  0.19 
2018May  0.55  0.44  1.07 
2018Jun  0.23  0.46  0.89 
2018Jul  0.74  0.42  1.97 
2018Aug  0.66  0.37  0.96 
2018Sep  0.47  0.01  0.84