CFSv2-based sub-seasonal precipitation and temperature forecast skill over the contiguous United States

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1477-1490

  Tian, Di ^a,b   Wood, Eric ^a   Yuan, Xing ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MEAN PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION INDICES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; TEMPERATURE FORECASTS;

FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015146395     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-1477-2017     Document Type: Article

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