The variability of seasonality

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-88

  Pezzulli, S ^a   Stephenson, D B ^a   Hannachi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; LONG RANGE FORECAST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

EID: 13844275342     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3256.1     Document Type: Article

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