Seasonal drought predictability in Portugal using statistical–dynamical techniques

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 155-166

  Ribeiro, A F S ^a   Pires, C A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drought index SPI; Long range forecasts; Precipitation forecasting; Predictability; Statistical prediction

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT INDICES; LONG-RANGE FORECASTS; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; PREDICTABILITY; STATISTICAL PREDICTION;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; DROUGHT; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOSTATISTICS; HYBRIDIZATION; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84929791781     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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