Development of statistical models for at-site probabilistic seasonal rainfall forecast

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2197-2212

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a,b   Serinaldi, Francesco ^b,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GAMLSS; Rainfall; Seasonal forecast

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY MEASURES; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BAYESIAN CRITERION; COVARIATES; FUNCTIONAL RELATION; GAMLSS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; MODEL CONFIGURATION; MODEL SELECTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PREVIOUS YEAR; ROMANIA; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; STATISTICAL MODELS; VISUAL EXAMINATION; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIME SERIES;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GEOSTATISTICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; ROMANIA;

EID: 84869095451     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3393     Document Type: Article

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