Evaluation of summer temperature and precipitation predictions from NCEP CFSv2 retrospective forecast over China

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 2213-2230

  Luo, Lifeng ^a   Tang, Wei ^b,c   Lin, Zhaohui ^b   Wood, Eric F ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction; Reforecast skill; Seasonal prediction; Summer climate anomalies

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84884702457     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1927-1     Document Type: Article

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