Quantifying the predictability of winter river flow in Iberia. Part II: Seasonal predictability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2503-2518

  Gámiz Fortis, Sonia ^a,d   Pozo Vázquez, David ^b   Trigo, Ricardo M ^c,e   Castro Díez, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FLOW OF WATER; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOVING AVERAGES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REGRESSION MODELLING; RIVER FLOWS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SST ANOMALIES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WINTER STREAMFLOW;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AUTUMN; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; SUMMER; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48749094189     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1775.1     Document Type: Article

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