Seasonal predictability of daily rainfall characteristics in central-northern Chile for dry-land management

Seasonal predictability of daily rainfall characteristics in central1 northern Chile for dry-land management 2 3 4 5 Koen Verbist 6 International Centre for Eremology, Dep. Soil Management, Ghent University, Ghent, 7 Belgium 8 Water Centre for Arid Zones in Latin America and the Caribbean, La Serena, Chile 9 10 Andrew W. Robertson 11 International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, New York, USA 12 13 Wim M. Cornelis 14 International Centre for Eremology, Dep. Soil Management, Ghent University, Ghent, 15 Belgium 16 17 Donald Gabriels 18 International Centre for Eremology, Dep. Soil Management, Ghent University, Ghent, 19 Belgium 20 21 22 Note: The authors indicate the use of nonstandard references in the introduction of this 23 manuscript that deal with the unpublished drought information of the region under study. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 __________________ 40 Corresponding author address: Koen Verbist, Dep. Soil Management, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent 41