On the interpretation and utility of skill information for seasonal climate predictions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1974-1984

  Kumar, Arun ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34249729334     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3385.1     Document Type: Article

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