Seasonal precipitation forecasts over China using monthly large-scale oceanic-atmospheric indices

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 792-802

  Peng, Zhaoliang ^a,b   Wang, Q J ^b   Bennett, James C ^b   Pokhrel, Prafulla ^b,c   Wang, Ziru ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian joint probability modelling; Bayesian model averaging; China; Climate indices; Seasonal precipitation forecasts

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; CHINA; CLIMATE INDEX; JOINT PROBABILITY; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84906776890     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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