Forecasting the spatial variability of the Indian monsoon rainfall using canonical correlation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1379-1390

  Prasad, K D ^a   Singh, S V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation technique; EOF analysis; Indian monsoon rainfall; Long range forecast; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION; CORRELATION; LONG RANGE FORECAST; MONSOON; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 0030375057     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199612)16:12<1379::AID-JOC98>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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