Understanding and predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate variability - The producer perspective

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-80

  Stockdale, T N ^a   Alves, O ^b   Boer, G ^c   Deque, M ^d   Ding, Y ^e   Kumar, A ^f   Kumar, K ^g   Landman, W ^h   Mason, S ⁱ   Nobre, P ^j   Scaife, A ^k   Tomoaki, O ^l   Yun, W T ^m  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^f CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^h SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

ⁱ Earth Institute   (United States)

^j Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies (CPTEC)   (Brazil)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^m National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Forecast methods and formats; Health monitoring and surveillance; International coordination; Sources of predictability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE SYSTEM; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CURRENT CAPABILITY; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORCINGS; FORECAST METHOD; HEALTH MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE; HIGH QUALITY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION; LAND SYSTEMS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SOURCES OF PREDICTABILITY; UPPER OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 78650850757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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