Seasonal forecasting of South African rainfall using a non-linear discriminant analysis model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-164

  Mason, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Linear error in probability space; Rainfall; Sea surface temperatures; Seasonal forecasting; Skill score measures; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL FORECASTING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031960914     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199802)18:2<147::AID-JOC229>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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