Statistical prediction of seasonal mean southern hemisphere 500-hPa geopotential heights

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2791-2809

  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

GENERAL CIRCULATION FORECAST MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

CORAL SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34447256381     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4180.1     Document Type: Article

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