Skill of canonical correlation analysis forecasts of 3-month mean surface climate in Hawaii and Alaska

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2579-2605

  Barnston, Anthony G ^a,b   He, Yuxiang ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECAST SKILL; PRECIPITATION;

USA, ALASKA; USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0030389897     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2579:SOCCAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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