An ensemble seasonal forecast of human cases of St. Louis encephalitis in Florida based on seasonal hydrologic forecasts

Climatic Change

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-511

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Day, Jonathan F ^b   Stieglitz, Marc ^c   Zebiak, Stephen ^d   Cane, Mark ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate Prediction   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS; SEASONAL FORECAST; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS : VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CONDITION MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; VIRUSES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FORECASTING METHOD; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LOUIS; UNITED STATES;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33744470122     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-6340-x     Document Type: Article

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