Role of retrospective forecasts of GCMs forced with persisted SST anomalies in operational streamflow forecasts development

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-227

  Sankarasubramanian, Arumugam ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^b   Espinueva, Susan ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 55249110988     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM842.1     Document Type: Article

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