Assessing potential seasonal predictability with an ensemble of multidecadal GCM simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-120

  Rowell, David P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERIC INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; POTENTIAL SEASONAL PREDICTABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATED SEASONAL MEAN PRECIPITATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION;

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; GCM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032004271     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0109:APSPWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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