Estimation of seasonal precipitation tercile-based categorical probabilities from ensembles

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2210-2228

  Tippett, Michael K ^a   Barnston, Anthony G ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; LINEAR REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMUALTIONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34250666982     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4108.1     Document Type: Article

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