Potential predictability of European winters from the analysis of seasonal simulations with an AGCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3033-3061

  Martineu, Christine ^a   Caneill, Jean Yves ^a   Sadourny, Robert ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEASONAL SIMULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033208161     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3033:PPOEWF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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