Seasonal drought predictability and forecast skill over China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8264-8275

  Ma, Feng ^a,b   Yuan, Xing ^a   Ye, Aizhong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84942197725     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023185     Document Type: Article

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