Reproducible forced modes in AGCM ensemble integrations and potential predictability of atmospheric seasonal variations in the extratropics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2942-2959

  Yang, Xiu Qun ^a,b   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Stern, William F ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TESTING; TROPICS;

EXTRATROPICS; PREDICTABILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032219151     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2942:RFMIAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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