High-resolution global climate simulations with the ECMWF model in project athena: Experimental design, model climate, and seasonal forecast skill

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3155-3172

  Jung, T ^a,b   Miller, M J ^a   Palmer, T N ^a   Towers, P ^a   Wedi, N ^a   Achuthavarier, D ^c   Adams, J M ^c   Altshuler, E L ^c   Cash, B A ^c   Kinter III, J L ^c   Marx, L ^c   Stan, C ^c   Hodges, K I ^d  

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

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate models; Diagnostics; General circulation models; Model errors; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; BOREAL WINTERS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTRATROPICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHEST RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE; MODEL ERRORS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONAL FORECASTS; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; STORMS; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84862068218     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00265.1     Document Type: Article

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