Statistical calibration and bridging of ECMWF system4 outputs for forecasting seasonal precipitation over China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7116-7135

  Peng, Zhaoliang ^a,b   Wang, Q J ^b   Bennett, James C ^b   Schepen, Andrew ^c   Pappenberger, Florian ^d,e   Pokhrel, Prafulla ^b,f   Wang, Ziru ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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

^e HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE MODELS; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; ECMWF SYSTEM 4; JOINT PROBABILITY; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; STATISTICAL BRIDGING; STATISTICAL CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84904743851     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021162     Document Type: Article

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