Added-value from initialization in predictions of Atlantic multi-decadal variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2539-2555

  Garcia Serrano J ^a,b   Guemas, V ^a,c   Doblas Reyes, F J ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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

Author keywords

Atlantic multi decadal variability; Decadal climate prediction; Multi model ensemble hindcasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925507202     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2370-7     Document Type: Article

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