Forecasting monthly precipitation in Central Chile: A self-organizing map approach using filtered sea surface temperature

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Rivera, Diego ^a   Lillo, Mario ^a   Uvo, Cintia B ^b   Billib, Max ^c   Arumí, J Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHILE;

EID: 84855528144     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0453-5     Document Type: Article

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