Design and testing of a global climate prediction system based on a coupled climate model

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2417-2427

  Ma, JieHua ^a,b   Wang, HuiJun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

climate model; climate prediction; ENSO; monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MONSOON; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84920251883     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4875-7     Document Type: Article

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