Climate prediction for Brazil's Nordeste by empirical and numerical modeling methods

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 921-926

  Hastenrath, Stefan ^a   Sun, Liqiang ^b   Moura, Antonio Divino ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circulation diagnostics; Empirical method; Forecast performance; Northeast Brazil; Numerical modelling; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION DIAGNOSTICS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FORECAST PERFORMANCE; NORTHEAST BRAZIL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SEASONAL FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649976748     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1770     Document Type: Article

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