Probabilistic forecasts of near-term climate change based on a resampling ensemble technique

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-472

  Räisänen, Jouni ^a   Ruokolainen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33746053466     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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