Climate index weighting schemes for NWS ESP-based seasonal volume forecasts

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1076-1090

  Werner, Kevin ^a   Brandon, David ^a   Clark, Martyn ^b   Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu ^c  

^a NWS ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144253814     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-381.1     Document Type: Article

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