Long-lead seasonal temperature and precipitation prediction using tropical Pacific SST consolidation forecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3398-3414

  Higgins, R W ^a   Kim, H K ^a   Unger, D ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FORECASTERS; HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF) COMPONENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TREND-ADJUSTED (TA) COMPONENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444228175     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3398:LSTAPP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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