Predictability study of the observed and simulated European climate using linear regression

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 592 PART A, 2003, Pages 2299-2313

  Blender, Richard ^a   Luksch, Ute ^a   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a   Raible, Christoph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GCM evolution; Monthly forecast

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EUROPE; GERMANY; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043128702     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.103     Document Type: Article

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