Toward an improved multimodel ENSO prediction

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1579-1595

  Barnston, Anthony G ^a   Tippett, Michael K ^a,b   van den Dool, Huug M ^c   Unger, David A ^c  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; ENSO; Forecasting; Hindcasts; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE CORRECTION; BIAS; CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; ENSO; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; HINDCASTS; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; UNCERTAINTY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORECASTING;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943746105     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0188.1     Document Type: Article

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