Assessment of a seasonal forecast model

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-111

  Casey, Trevor M ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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