Comparison of statistical estimates of potential seasonal predictability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6002-6016

  Feng, X ^a   Delsole, T ^a   Houser, P ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 m surface temperature; AGCM; Monte Carlo experiments; potential seasonal predictability; reanalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AGCM; MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL SEASONAL PREDICTABILITY; REANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ESTIMATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NOISE; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880858974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50498     Document Type: Article

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