Decadal predictability and forecast skill

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1817-1833

  Boer, G J ^a   Kharin, V V ^a   Merryfield, W J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decadal forecast skill; Decadal predictability; Decadal prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA;

EID: 84884701770     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1705-0     Document Type: Article

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