A global empirical system for probabilistic seasonal climate prediction

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3947-3973

  Eden, J M ^a   Van Oldenborgh, G J ^a   Hawkins, E ^b   Suckling, E B ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84949662198     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-3947-2015     Document Type: Article

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