Prediction of wintertime Northern Hemisphere blocking by the NCEP Climate Forecast System

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-90

  Jia, Xiaolong ^a,b   Yang, Song ^c   Song, Wenling ^a   He, Bin ^d  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

CFSv2; lead time; prediction skill; sector blocking

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 84896072028     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-014-3085-8     Document Type: Article

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