Impact of snow initialization on sub-seasonal forecasts

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1969-1982

  Orsolini, Y J ^a,g   Senan, R ^b   Balsamo, G ^c   Doblas Reyes, F J ^d,e   Vitart, F ^c   Weisheimer, A ^c   Carrasco, A ^f   Benestad, R E ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

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

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

^f NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^g BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic climate; Cryosphere; Land atmosphere coupling; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CRYOSPHERE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884701306     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1782-0     Document Type: Article

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