Secular increase of seasonal predictability for the 20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kang, In Sik ^a   Jin, Emilia Kyung ^a   An, Kyong Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GLOBAL PATTERN CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL PREDICTABILITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 33644776021     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024499     Document Type: Article

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