Measuring the potential predictability of ensemble climate predictions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Tang, Youmin ^a   Lin, Hai ^b   Moore, Andrew M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 42549169393     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008804     Document Type: Article

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