Decadal predictability of soil water, vegetation, and wildfire frequency over North America

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 2213-2235

  Chikamoto, Yoshimitsu ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^a   Stevenson, Samantha ^b   DiNezio, Pedro ^a   Langford, Sally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal climate prediction; Earth system model; Land hydrological process

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL WATER; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943814795     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2469-5     Document Type: Article

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