Cluster analysis of the seasonal forecast skill of the NCEP SFM over the Pacific-North America sector

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-138

  Nakaegawa, Tosiyuki ^a   Kanamitsu, Masao ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTERNAL FORCING; HINDCASTS; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FORECAST MODELS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SKILL SCORE; SST ANOMALIES; WINTER SEASONS;

FORECASTING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846256085     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3609.1     Document Type: Article

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