Operational long-lead prediction of South African rainfall using canonical correlation analysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1073-1090

  Landman, Willem A ^a   Mason, Simon J ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Extended range predictions; Forecast skill; Rainfall variability; Sea surface temperatures; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032722690     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199908)19:10<1073::AID-JOC415>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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