Boreal winter predictions with the GEOS-2 GCM: The role of boundary forcing and initial conditions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 567, 2000, Pages 2293-2321

  Chang, Y ^a   Schubert, S D ^a   Suarez, M J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble predictions; ENSO response; Seasonal forecasts; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOREAL; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; WINTER;

EID: 0033839884     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56714     Document Type: Article

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