Evaluating the potential for statistical decadal predictions of sea surface temperatures with a perfect model approach

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2495-2509

  Hawkins, Ed ^a   Robson, Jon ^a   Sutton, Rowan ^a   Smith, Doug ^b   Keenlyside, Noel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Decadal prediction; Predictability; SSTs; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 81455139195     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1023-3     Document Type: Article

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