Enhanced seasonal forecast skill following stratospheric sudden warmings

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-102

  Sigmond, M ^a   Scinocca, J F ^b   Kharin, V V ^b   Shepherd, T G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84873301861     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1698     Document Type: Article

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