Can optimal projection improve dynamical model forecasts?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2643-2655

  Jia, Liwei ^a   Delsole, Timothy ^b   Tippett, Michael K ^c,d  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING;

DYNAMICAL MODEL; MULTI-MODEL; PRE-FILTERING; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL OPTIMIZATION; TWO-COMPONENT;

OPTIMIZATION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; HINDCASTING; OPTIMIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84896928877     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00232.1     Document Type: Article

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