Identification of best predictors for forecasting seasonal rainfall and runoff in Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1237-1247

  Kirono, Dewi G C ^a   Chiew, Francis H S ^b   Kent, David M ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; ENSO; Rainfall; Runoff; Seasonal forecast

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; HISTORICAL DATA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEAD TIME; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RUNOFF FORECAST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SERIAL CORRELATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; SPRING-IN; STATIONARITY; SUMMER RAINFALL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RUNOFF;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEA SURFACE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953679880     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7585     Document Type: Article

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