Seasonal to decadal climate forecasting

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 334, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1115-1127

  André, Jean Claude ^a   Caneill, Jean Yves ^b   Déqué, Michel ^c   Rogel, Philippe ^a   Terray, Luarent ^a   Tuorre, Yves ^c,d  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d MEDIAS France   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Climate; Data assimilation; Forecast; Numerical modelling; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036926904     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(02)01843-6     Document Type: Article

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