Experimental weekly to seasonal, global to regional US precipitation forecasts

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 153-169

  Roads, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Forecasting; Precipitation; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXPERIMENTAL CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (ECPC); GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODEL (GSM);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

EID: 6444237787     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.11.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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