A probabilistic multimodel ensemble approach to seasonal prediction

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 812-828

  Min, Young Mi ^a   Kryjov, Vladimir N ^a,b   Park, Chung Kyu ^a  

^a APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

^b Hydrometeorological Sci Res Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION; EXTRATROPICS; FORECAST PROBABILITIES; GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATIONS; GAUSSIAN FITTING; GLOBAL FORECASTS; HINDCASTS; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LARGE PARTS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME FORECASTS; SAMPLING ERRORS; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE FORECASTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERRORS; MINES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HINDCASTING; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEASONALITY;

EID: 69949157333     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222140.1     Document Type: Article

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