Predictability of seasonal Sahel rainfall using GCMs and lead-time improvements through the use of a coupled model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1931-1949

  Ndiaye, Ousmane ^a,b   Ward, M Neil ^c   Thiaw, Wassila M ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Direction de la Météorologie Nationale du Niger DMN Niger   (Niger)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Coupled models; Interannual variability; Rainfall; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BOREAL WINTERS; CLIMATE FORECASTING; COUPLED MODELS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LEADTIME; LONG LEADS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS; MODELING APPROACH; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; RAINFALL PREDICTION; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SKILL LEVELS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; UPWARD TREND; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79958081672     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3557.1     Document Type: Article

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