Comparison of some statistical methods of probabilistic forecasting of ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 8-29

  Mason, Simon J ^a   Mimmack, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FORECASTING; OSCILLATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORECAST PROBABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036464780     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0008:cossmo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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