The extreme forecast index at the seasonal scale

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 256-262

  Dutra, E ^a   Diamantakis, M ^a   Tsonevsky, I ^a   Zsoter, E ^a   Wetterhall, F ^a   Stockdale, T ^a   Richardson, D ^a   Pappenberger, F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme forecast index; Predictability; Seasonal forecasts

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84886254796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.448     Document Type: Article

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