Medium lead-time predictability of intraseasonal variability of rainfall in West Africa

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 767-784

  Sultan, Benjamin ^a   Janicot, Serge ^a   Correia, Cyrille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES; DATA SETS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; DEEP CONVECTION; DRY SPELLS; GROUND BASED; INPUT DATAS; INTRASEASONAL MODES; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LEADTIME; LOW-FREQUENCY MODES; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; OSCILLATORY MODE; PREDICTION SCHEMES; RAINFALL INDEX; REANALYSIS; REFERENCE TECHNIQUE; SATELLITE DATA; SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SKILL LEVELS; STATISTICAL PREDICTION; TEMPORAL PATTERN; WEST AFRICA; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STATISTICS;

FORECASTING;

DATA SET; MONSOON; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 69949159325     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222155.1     Document Type: Article

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