Predictions of climate several years ahead using an improved decadal prediction system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7550-7567

  Knight, Jeff R ^a   Andrews, Martin B ^a   Smith, Doug M ^a   Arribas, Alberto ^a   Colman, Andrew W ^a   Dunstone, Nick J ^a   Eade, Rosie ^a   Hermanson, Leon ^a   Maclachlan, Craig ^a   Andrew Peterson, K ^a   Scaife, Adam A ^a   Williams, Andrew ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE PROJECTION; DECADAL PREDICTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; LONG-TERM TREND; REGIONAL SCALE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; HADLEY CELL; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84906341075     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00069.1     Document Type: Article

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