SST-forced seasonal simulation and prediction skill for versions of the NCEP/MRF model

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 507-517

  Livezey, Robert E ^a   Masutani, Michiko ^b,c   Ji, Ming ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG LEAD SEASONAL PREDICTION; MODEL EVALUATION; PREDICTION SKILL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FORECAST; SEASONAL FORECAST;

EID: 0029772072     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0507:SFSSAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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