The IRI Seasonal Climate Prediction System and the 1997/98 El Niño Event

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1853-1873

  Mason, Simon J ^a   Goddard, Lisa ^a   Graham, Nicholas E ^a   Yulaeva, Elena ^a   Sun, Liqiang ^a   Arkin, Philip A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0042636795     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1853:TISCPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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