Toward the development of prediction models for the primary Caribbean dry season

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-101

  Stephenson, T S ^a   Chen, Anthony A ^a   Taylor, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DRY SEASON; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; RAINFALL; TRANSITION ZONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 41049108824     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0308-2     Document Type: Article

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