ENSO-conditioned weather resampling method for seasonal ensemble streamflow prediction

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3277-3287

  Beckers, Joost V L ^a   Weerts, Albrecht H ^a,b   Tijdeman, Erik ^c   Welles, Edwin ^d  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d BP USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORECASTING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE; MODE INFORMATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RESAMPLING METHOD; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STREAMFLOW PREDICTION; STREAMFLOW REGIMES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HINDCASTING; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; WEATHER STATION;

COLUMBIA BASIN; COLUMBIA RIVER; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982149294     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-3277-2016     Document Type: Article

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