Interannual predictability of Arctic sea ice in a global climate model: regional contrasts and temporal evolution

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2519-2538

  Germe, Agathe ^a   Chevallier, Matthieu ^a,b   Salas y Mélia, David ^a   Sanchez Gomez, Emilia ^c   Cassou, Christophe ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^c CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; CMIP5; Decadal experiments; Near term climate prediction; Prognostic potential predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893661059     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2071-2     Document Type: Article

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