Quantifying the predictability of winter river flow in Iberia. Part I: Interannual predictability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2484-2502

  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

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; MOTION ESTIMATION; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPEECH;

AMPLITUDE OSCILLATIONS; ARMA MODELING; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INTERANNUAL FORECASTING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; NOISE PROCESSING; NON-STATIONARY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY COMPONENTS; RIVER FLOWS; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; STREAM FLOW FORECASTING; STREAMFLOW VARIABILITY; WINTER STREAMFLOW;

STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; RIVER FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48749104278     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1774.1     Document Type: Article

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