Sensitivity of seasonal climate forecasts to persisted SST anomalies

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 619-631

  Goddard, L ^a   Mason, S ^b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036740406     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0251-y     Document Type: Article

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