Variance decomposition approach to the prediction of the seasonal mean circulation: Comparison with dynamical ensemble prediction using NCEP's CFS

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 637, 2008, Pages 1997-2009

  Zheng, X ^a   Straus, D M ^b,c   Frederiksen, C S ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coupled general circulation model; Dynamical seasonal prediction; Hemisphere atmospheric circulation; Statistical seasonal prediction

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNULAR MODES; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DYNAMICAL PREDICTIONS; DYNAMICAL SEASONAL PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTIONS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; HEMISPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; RE ANALYSES; SEASONAL MEANS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; STATISTICAL PREDICTIONS; STATISTICAL SEASONAL PREDICTION; VARIANCE DECOMPOSITIONS;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 58049205390     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.330     Document Type: Article

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