Decadal prediction skill in the GEOS-5 forecast system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Ham, Yoo Geun ^a,b,c   Rienecker, Michele M ^a   Suarez, Max J ^a   Vikhliaev, Yury ^a,d   Zhao, Bin ^a,e   Marshak, Jelena ^a   Vernieres, Guillaume ^a,f   Schubert, Siegfried D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOC; Decadal prediction; Decadal variability; GEOS 5 AOGCM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERPOLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84891634769     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1858-x     Document Type: Article

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