Diagnostics of subseasonal prediction biases of the Asian summer monsoon by the NCEP climate forecast system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1453-1474

  Liu, Xiangwen ^a   Yang, Song ^c   Kumar, Arun ^c   Weaver, Scott ^c   Jiang, Xingwen ^b,c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Long lead predictions; Short lead predictions; Subseasonal prediction biases; Western Pacific subtropical high

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84878977966     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1553-3     Document Type: Article

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