Prospects for improved seasonal predictions of monsoon precipitation over Sahel

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-345

  Garric, G ^a   Douville, H ^a   Deque M ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamical forecast; General circulation model; Monsoon rainfall; Sahel; Seasonal prediction; Statistical forecast

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

LONG RANGE FORECAST; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037088268     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.736     Document Type: Article

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