Assessing the forecast skill of Arctic sea ice extent in the GloSea4 seasonal prediction system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 147-162

  Peterson, K Andrew ^a   Arribas, A ^a   Hewitt, H T ^a   Keen, A B ^a   Lea, D J ^a   McLaren, A J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Data assimilation; Ice concentration; Ocean and sea ice analysis; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939872463     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2190-9     Document Type: Article

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