A new method for determining the reliability of dynamical ENSO predictions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 694-705

  Kleeman, Richard ^a   Moore, Andrew M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032694914     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0694:ANMFDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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