An analysis of multi-model ensembles for seasonal climate predictions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 674, 2013, Pages 1179-1198

  Yan, Xiaoqin ^a   Tang, Youmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics   (China)

Author keywords

Deterministic prediction skill; EOF; MSN EOF; Potential prediction skill; Probabilistic prediction skill

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC PREDICTION SKILL; EOF; MSN EOF; POTENTIAL PREDICTION SKILL; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION;

FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84880702697     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2020     Document Type: Article

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