Validation of 40 year multimodel seasonal precipitation forecasts: The role of enso on the global skill

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1708-1719

  Manzanas, R ^a   Frias M D ^a   Cofino A S ^a   Gutierrez J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLES; ENSO-DRIVEN SKILL; GLOBAL VALIDATION; SEASONAL FORECASTS; TELECONNECTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84896940297     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020680     Document Type: Article

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