Long-lead forecasts of seasonal precipitation in Africa using CCA

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-520

  Barnston, Anthony G ^a,b   Thiao, Wassila ^a   Kumar, Vadlamani ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NCEP/Climate Prediction Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030377809     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0506:LLFOSP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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