Improved seasonal climate forecasts for the Caribbean region using the Florida State University Synthetic Superensemble

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 137-174

  Ross, R S ^a   Chakraborty, A ^a   Chen, A ^b   Stefanova, L ^a   Sirdas, S ^a,c   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 37049022600     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-006-0234-3     Document Type: Article

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