Statistical downscaling multimodel forecasts for seasonal precipitation and surface temperature over the Southeastern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 8384-8411

  Tian, Di ^a,c   Martinez, Christopher J ^a   Graham, Wendy D ^a   Hwang, Syewoon ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Hydrology; Precipitation; Seasonal forecasting; Surface temperature; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ENSEMBLES; MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909607997     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00481.1     Document Type: Article

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