Predicting US summer precipitation using NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2 initialized by multiple ocean analyses

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1941-1954

  Zhu, Jieshun ^a   Huang, Bohua ^a,b   Hu, Zeng Zhen ^c   Kinter III, James L ^a,b   Marx, Lawrence ^a  

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

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884702525     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1785-x     Document Type: Article

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