Global meteorological drought prediction using the North American multi-model ensemble

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1409-1424

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Lyon, Bradfield ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lamont Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Forecast verification skill; Forecasting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 84941272397     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0192.1     Document Type: Article

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