An expert system-based approach to prediction of year-to-year climatic variations in the North Atlantic region

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 951-974

  Rodionov, S N ^a   Martin, J H ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate forecasting; Expert systems; Interannual variations; North Atlantic; Sea surface temperature; Surface air temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032734687     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199907)19:9<951::AID-JOC372>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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