Global seasonal rainfall forecasts using a coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6674, 1998, Pages 370-373

  Stockdale, T N ^a   Anderson, D L T ^a   Alves, J O S ^a   Balmaseda, M A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS; WEATHER;

EID: 0032568443     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32861     Document Type: Article

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