A simple approach for combining seasonal forecasts for southern Africa

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-327

  Klopper, E ^a   Landman, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE SIGNALS; INDIVIDUAL MODELING; OBJECTIVE METHODS; PROBABILITY FORECASTS; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SIMPLE APPROACH; WEATHER SERVICES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1442336112     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482703001014     Document Type: Article

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