Estimating monthly and seasonal distributions of temperature and precipitation using the new CPC long-range forecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 818-826

  Briggs, William M ^a   Wilks, Daniel S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER; FORECAST PROBABILITY VALUE; LONG RANGE FORECAST; SEASONAL PRECIPITATION ESTIMATE; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE ESTIMATE;

EID: 0030456515     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0818:EMASDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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