Conditional probability seasonal predictions of precipitation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 587 PART A, 2003, Pages 179-193

  Clark, Robin ^a   Déque, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Analogues; El Ni o; Ensemble simulations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEASONAL PREDICTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037280887     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.81     Document Type: Article

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