Correction of atmospheric dynamical seasonal forecasts using the leading ocean-forced spatial patterns

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lin, Hai ^a   Derome, Jacques ^a   Brunet, Gilbert ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC SEASONAL FORECAST; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 25444523282     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023060     Document Type: Article

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