Seasonal predictability of wintertime precipitation in Europe using the snow advance index

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4023-4028

  Brands, S ^a   Manzanas, R ^a   Gutierrez J M ^a   Cohen, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL CORRELATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS VALIDATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SAMPLE SIZES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SNOW COVERS; SOUTHERN NORWAY;

CATCHMENTS;

SNOW;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORWAY;

EID: 84865188061     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00083.1     Document Type: Article

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