A consolidated CLIPER model for improved August-September ENSO prediction skill

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1089-1105

  Lloyd Hughes, Benjamin ^a   Saunders, Mark A ^a   Rockett, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Benfield Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

CROSS-VALIDATED HINDCASTS; REAL-TIME FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECAST MODELS; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 3042793879     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/813.1     Document Type: Article

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