The IRI's Climate Forecast System, and the Precipitation Outlook for the Forthcoming 3-Month Season

World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1135-1144

  Barnston, A G ^a   Goddard, L ^a   Mason, S J ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (CCA); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 1642435450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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