Using observed spatial correlation structures to increase the skill of subseasonal forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1923-1939

  Koster, Randal D ^a   Bell, Thomas L ^a   Reichle, Rolf H ^a,b   Suarez, Max J ^a   Schubert, Siegfried D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MODEL STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE SCALES;

CORRELATION STRUCTURES; NEAR-SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SPATIAL CORRELATION STRUCTURES; TIME SCALING;

FORECASTING;

CORRELATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 49749123504     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2255.1     Document Type: Article

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