Evaluating the potential predictive utility of ensemble forecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 260-269

  Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Stern, William F ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION FORECAST; GCM; KUIPER'S STATISTICAL TEST; MODEL FORECAST; POTENTIAL PREDICTIVE UTILITY;

EID: 0029776560     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0260:ETPPUO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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