Wavelet analysis of variability, teleconnectivity, and predictability of the September-November East African rainfall

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-269

  Mwale, Davison ^a   Gan, Thian Yew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DROUGHT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS MODEL; RAINFALL PREDICTABILITY; SCALE-AVERAGED WAVELET POWER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

RAIN;

RAINFALL; WAVELET;

EID: 16444376958     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2195.1     Document Type: Article

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