Development of a European multimodel ensemble system for seasonal-to-interannual prediction (DEMETER)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 853-872

  Palmer, T N ^a   Alessandri, A ^b   Andersen, U ^c   Cantelaube, P ^d   Davey, M ^e   Delecluse P ^f   Deque M ^g   Diez E ^h   Doblas Reyes, F J ^a   Feddersen, H ^c   Graham, R ^e   Gualdi, S ^b   Gueremy J F ^g   Hagedorn, R ^a   Hoshen, M ⁱ   Keenlyside, N ^j   Latif, M ^j   Lazar, A ^f   Maisonnave, E ^k   Marletto, V ^l   Morse, A P ⁱ   Orfila, B ^h   Rogel, P ^k   Terres, J M ^d   Thomson, M C ^m   more..

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^h Inst Nacionale de Meteorologia ^*  (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^k European Cntr Res/Adv Training   (France)

^l Agenzia Reg Prevenzione Ambiente   (Italy)

^m Earth Institute   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CROP YIELD; GLOBAL COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; MALARIA PREDICTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 3543083343     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-6-853     Document Type: Article

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