An empirical model for probabilistic decadal prediction: global attribution and regional hindcasts

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 9-10, 2017, Pages 3115-3138

  Suckling, Emma B ^a   van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^b   Eden, Jonathan M ^b   Hawkins, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decadal prediction; Empirical modelling; Hindcast skill

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84976902526     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3255-8     Document Type: Article

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