Prospects for decadal climate prediction in the Mediterranean region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 687, 2015, Pages 580-597

  Guemas, Virginie ^a,b   García Serrano, Javier ^a,c   Mariotti, Annarita ^d   Doblas Reyes, Francisco ^a,e   Caron, Louis Philippe ^a,f  

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

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^f SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation; Climate prediction; Initialization; Mediterranean climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; INITIALIZATION; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84924534624     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2379     Document Type: Article

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