Reduction of model systematic error by statistical correction for dynamical seasonal predictions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1974-1989

  Feddersen, Henrik ^a   Navarra, Antonio ^b   Ward, M Neil ^c  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (CCA); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS (SVDA);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032711981     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1974:ROMSEB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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