The statistical predictability of surface winds over western and central Canada

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8305-8322

  Culver, Aaron M R ^a   Monahan, Adam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; North America; Regression analysis; Renewable energy; Statistical techniques; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY ORIENTATION; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTH AMERICA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

ANISOTROPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

VECTORS;

DOWNSCALING; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84881229282     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00425.1     Document Type: Article

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