On the level and origin of seasonal forecast skill in Northern Europe

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-127

  Johansson, Åke ^a   Barnston, Anthony ^b   Saha, Suranjana ^c   Van Den Dool, Huug ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FORECAST SKILL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE, (NORTH);

EID: 0031861690     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0103:OTLAOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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