A study of predictable patterns for seasonal forecasting of New Zealand rainfall

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3320-3333

  Zheng, Xiaogu ^a   Frederiksen, Carsten S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FORECASTING; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL PREDICTION SCHEME;

CLIMATOLOGY;

RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33746826005     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3798.1     Document Type: Article

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