A method for estimating potential seasonal predictability: Analysis of covariance

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5292-5308

  Feng, Xia ^a   Delsole, Timothy ^a,b   Houser, Paul ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Climate variability; Regression analysis; Seasonal cycle; Seasonal variability; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EXTRATROPICAL; FORCINGS; LAND AREAS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865080829     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00342.1     Document Type: Article

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