The INGV-CMCC seasonal prediction system: Improved ocean initial conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2930-2952

  Alessandri, Andrea ^a   Borrelli, Andrea ^a   Masina, Simona ^a,b   Cherchi, Annalisa ^a,b   Gualdi, Silvio ^a,b   Navarra, Antonio ^a,b   Di Pietro, Pierluigi ^b   Carril, Andrea F ^c  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL WINTERS; CONTROL SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICS; GLOBAL SCALE; INITIAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION; REDUCED ORDER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SUBSURFACE PROFILE; SURFACE CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; EL NINO; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PREDICTION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77958456200     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3178.1     Document Type: Article

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