Operational real-time seasonal forecasts for coral reef management

Journal of Operational Oceanography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Spillman, C M ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORAL REEF; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL TEST; MONSOON; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79958290942     PISSN: 1755876X     EISSN: 17558778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2011.11020119     Document Type: Article

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