Origins and levels of seasonal forecast skill for sea ice in Hudson Bay using canonical correlation analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1378-1395

  Tivy, Adrienne ^a,b   Howell, Stephen E L ^c   Alt, Bea ^d   Yackel, John J ^a   Carrieres, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Balanced Environments Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Forecasting; Sea ice; Sea surface temperature; Seas gulfs bays; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIRECT IMPACT; FIRST-PASSAGE; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HUDSON BAY; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE THICKNESS; LEAD TIME; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEAS/GULFS/BAYS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SPRING BREAK-UP; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SHIPS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; GYRE; ICE THICKNESS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 79955026611     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3527.1     Document Type: Article

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