The attribution of land-atmosphere interactions on the seasonal predictability of drought

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 793-810

  Roundy, Joshua K ^a   Wood, Eric F ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84941209020     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0121.1     Document Type: Article

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