Statistical prediction of global sea-surface temperature anomalies

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1677-1697

  Colman, A W ^a   Davey, M K ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecast combination; Sea surface temperature; Seasonal prediction

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 0347382689     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.956     Document Type: Article

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