Contribution of realistic soil moisture initial conditions to boreal summer climate predictability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-93

  Conil, Sebastian ^a   Douville, H ^b   Tyteca, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Boreal summer predictability; Land atmosphere interactions; Severe climate events; Soil Moisture predictability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EVAPORATION; HINDCASTING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57049157702     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0375-9     Document Type: Article

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