Non-parametric short-term forecasts of the Great Salt Lake using atmospheric indices

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-370

  Moon, Young Il ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^b   Kwon, Hyun Han ^b  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric indices; Great Salt Lake; Non linear dynamics; Non parametric forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIALS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC INDICES; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NON-LINEAR FORECASTING MODEL;

WATER LEVELS;

FORECASTING METHOD; LAKE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLUME CHANGE;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 40949098219     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1533     Document Type: Article

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