A posteriori adjustment of near-term climate predictions: Accounting for the drift dependence on the initial conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5200-5207

  Fučkar, Neven S ^a   Volpi, Danila ^a,b   Guemas, Virginie ^a,c   Doblas Reyes, Francisco J ^a,d  

^a IC3 Institut Català de Ciències del Clima   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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

Author keywords

bias correction method; CGCM; climate predictions; large scale SST indices; NH sea ice extent

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; SEA ICE;

BIAS-CORRECTION METHODS; CGCM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; LARGE-SCALE SST INDICES; SEA ICE EXTENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84904784863     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060815     Document Type: Article

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