Prediction of monthly-mean temperature: The roles of atmospheric and land initial conditions and sea surface temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 717-725

  Chen, Mingyue ^a   Wang, Wanqiu ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a  

^a National Centers for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CLIMATE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICS; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LAND CONDITION; LEADTIME; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST ANOMALIES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 77952259512     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3090.1     Document Type: Article

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