Improving Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Forecast for Better Predictions upon the Occurrence of Extreme Precipitation Events over the Contiguous United States

Lujun Zhang1, Tiantian Yang1, Shang Gao1, Yang Hong1, Qin Zhang2, Xin Wen3 and Chuntian Cheng4, (1)University of Oklahoma, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Norman, United States, (2)NOAA Climate Prediction Center, College Park, United States, (3)Hohai University, College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Nanjing, China, (4)Dalian University of Technology, Institute of Hydropower and Hydroinformatics, Dalian, China