Seasonal-to-interannual variability of ethiopia/horn of Africa monsoon. Part II: Statistical multimodel ensemble rainfall predictions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3511-3536

  Segele, Zewdu T ^a   Richman, Michael B ^a   Leslie, Lance M ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Forecasting; Forecasting techniques; Hindcasts; Seasonal forecasting; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLES; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; HINDCASTS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; STATISTICAL FORECASTING;

FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84944111700     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00476.1     Document Type: Article

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