Role of Equatorial Pacific SST Forecast Error in the Late Winter California Precipitation Forecast for the 2015/16 El Niño
- Award ID(s):
- 1657209
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10049379
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Meteorological Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Climate
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0894-8755
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 839 to 852
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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