The first decade of long-Lead U.S. seasonal forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-854

  Livezey, Robert E ^a   Timofeyeva, Marina M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; LANTHANUM; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLD SEASONS; EXTRATROPICAL; FEEDBACKS]; LEAD-TIME; LONG-TERM TRENDS; MEAN TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SKILL SCORE;

FORECASTING;

EID: 49249131050     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2488.1     Document Type: Article

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