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Official forecasts pushed out to a year ahead

Journal Article · · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
The National Weather Service is about to unveil 15 month forecasting. NWS will not be predicting individual storms in these long-range forecasts, but rather large regions of above, below, or near normal temperature and precipitation. NWS meterologists are adopting three standard techniques for long-range forecasting, two based on objective methods for forecasting El Nino, and one, canonical correlation analysis, an effort to systematize what forecasters already do, looking for its of impending El Nino and other signs of imminent climatic change. 2 figs.
OSTI ID:
6645250
Journal Information:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 266:5193; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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