Diagnosing sources of U.S. seasonal forecast skill

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3279-3293

  Quan, Xiaowei ^a   Hoerling, M ^a   Whitaker, J ^a   Bates, G ^a   Xu, T ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (AGCMS); EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FORECAST; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746821817     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3789.1     Document Type: Article

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