Rainfall anomaly prediction using statistical downscaling in a multimodel superensemble over tropical South America

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1731-1752

  Johnson, Bradford ^a   Kumar, Vinay ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888237174     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2001-8     Document Type: Article

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