Performance of the seasonal forecasting of the Asian summer monsoon by BCC_CSM1.1(m)

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1156-1172

  Liu, Xiangwen ^a,b   Wu, Tongwen ^a   Yang, Song ^c   Jie, Weihua ^a   Nie, Suping ^a   Li, Qiaoping ^a   Cheng, Yanjie ^a   Liang, Xiaoyun ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; forecast skill; lead time; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930634810     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-015-4194-8     Document Type: Article

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