Weather and seasonal climate prediction for South America using a multi-model superensemble

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1881-1914

  Chaves, Rosane R ^a   Ross, Robert S ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Multi model; Prediction; South America; Superensemble; Weather

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; MULTI-MODEL SUPERENSEMBLE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28144439457     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1230     Document Type: Article

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