An analysis of multimodel ensemble predictions for seasonal climate anomalies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Peng, Peitao ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Van Den Dool, Huug ^a   Barnston, Anthony G ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lamont Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

3309 meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3319 meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: General circulation; 3339 meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Ocean atmosphere interactions (0312,4504)

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448943631     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002712     Document Type: Article

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