Prediction skill and bias of tropical pacific sea surface temperatures in the NCEP climate forecast system version 2

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5358-5378

  Xue, Yan ^a   Chen, Mingyue ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Hu, Zeng Zhen ^a   Wang, Wanqiu ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate prediction; El Nino; Interannual variability; Seasonal forecasting; Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRADE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84878110062     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00600.1     Document Type: Article

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