A spatial–temporal projection model for 10–30 day rainfall forecast in South China

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1227-1244

  Hsu, Pang Chi ^a,b   Li, Tim ^a,b   You, Lijun ^c   Gao, Jianyun ^c   Ren, Hong Li ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Extended range forecast; Low frequency oscillation; Spatial temporal projection model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939878957     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2215-4     Document Type: Article

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