East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) index (Zhang et al., 2003): MODES forecast
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation (NECP-I)
2017Nov -1.26
2017Dec 0.06
2018Jan 0.29
2018Feb -0.20
2018Mar 2.16
2018Apr -0.11
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prediction (MODES)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*         BCC    CFS    EC
2018May  -0.48  -0.91  -0.10 
2018Jun  0.85  -0.22  1.48 
2018Jul  1.64  0.85  1.88 
2018Aug  -0.64  -0.00  1.26 
2018Sep  0.44  0.07  1.06 
2018Oct  -0.12  0.11  -0.25 
2018Nov  0.25  0.80  0.20