Actual and potential skill of seasonal predictions using the CNRM contribution to DEMETER: Coupled versus uncoupled model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 308-319

  Guérémy, Jean François ^a   Déqué, Michel ^a   Braun, Alain ^a   Piedelièvre, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONALITY;

EID: 18544376240     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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