Integrating weather and climate prediction: Toward seamless hydrologic forecasting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 5891-5896

  Yuan, Xing ^a,b   Wood, Eric F ^a   Liang, Miaoling ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECAST SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL SERVICE; SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION; SEASONAL FORECASTS; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NOAA SATELLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OHIO BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906026975     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061076     Document Type: Article

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