Use of ENSO information in medium- and long-range forecasting of the Nile floods

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1726-1737

  Wang, Guiling ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY; RAIN; RIVERS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD FORECASTS; LONG RANGE; MEDIUM RANGE;

FLOODS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; RIVER FLOW;

EGYPT; NILE RIVER;

EID: 0032706292     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1726:UOEIIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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