Multi-year prediction skill of Atlantic hurricane activity in CMIP5 decadal hindcasts

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2675-2690

  Caron, Louis Philippe ^a   Jones, Colin G ^b   Doblas Reyes, Francisco ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Institut Catalá de Ciéncies del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic variability; Decadal climate prediction; Forecast; Hurricane activity; Multi model ensemble

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84899975021     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1773-1     Document Type: Article

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