Operational predictability of monthly average maximum temperature over the Iberian Peninsula using DEMETER simulations and dowscaling

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 448-463

  Frías, M Dolores ^a   Fernández, Jesús ^b   Sáenz, Jon ^b   Rodríguez Puebla, Concepción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; SEASONALITY;

EID: 18544381246     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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