Dependence of the climate prediction skill on spatiotemporal scales: Internal versus radiatively-forced contribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3213-3219

  Volpi, D ^a,b   Doblas Reyes, F J ^a,c   Garcia Serrano J ^a,d   Guemas, V ^a,e  

^a Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

decadal prediction; ensemble; initialization; interannual; perturbed parameters; regional scale

Indexed keywords

DECADAL PREDICTIONS; ENSEMBLE; INITIALIZATION; INTERANNUAL; PERTURBED PARAMETERS; REGIONAL SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HADLEY CELL; PERTURBATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84880552058     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50557     Document Type: Article

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