A comparison of full-field and anomaly initialization for seasonal to decadal climate prediction

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 3325-3338

  Smith, Doug M ^a   Eade, Rosie ^a   Pohlmann, Holger ^a,b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomaly initialization; Full field initialization; Seasonal to decadal climate prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84888051177     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1683-2     Document Type: Article

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