Decadal prediction skill in the ocean with surface nudging in the IPSL-CM5A-LR climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 1225-1246

  Mignot, Juliette ^a,b   García Serrano, Javier ^b   Swingedouw, Didier ^c   Germe, Agathe ^b   Nguyen, Sébastien ^b   Ortega, Pablo ^b,d   Guilyardi, Eric ^b,d   Ray, Sulagna ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Oceanic predictability; Surface nudging

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84949510466     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2898-1     Document Type: Article

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