The Indian ocean: The region of highest skill worldwide in decadal climate prediction

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 726-739

  Guemas, Virginie ^a   Corti, Susanna ^b,c   Garcia Serrano J ^a   Doblas Reyes, F J ^d   Balmaseda, Magdalena ^b   Magnusson, Linus ^b  

^a Unitat de Dinàmica I Impacte Climàtic UDIC Institut Català de Ciències del Clima   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate models; Climate prediction; Ensembles; Hindcasts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE STATE; ENSEMBLES; FORCED VARIABILITY; HINDCASTS; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; INDIAN OCEAN; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; LEAST SQUARE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; HINDCASTING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84871210187     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00049.1     Document Type: Article

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