Predictability of seasonal precipitation using joint probabilities

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 533-541

  Yilmaz, M Tugrul ^a   DelSole, Timothy ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; NONLINEARITY; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953354548     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1187.1     Document Type: Article

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