Dynamic-model-based seasonal prediction of meteorological drought over the contiguous United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 463-482

  Yoon, Jin Ho ^a   Mo, Kingtse ^b   Wood, Eric F ^a,b,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Bias; Forecast verification; Forecasting techniques; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864754027     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-038.1     Document Type: Article

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