Benefits of increasing the model resolution for the seasonal forecast quality in EC-earth

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 9141-9162

  Prodhomme, C ^a   Batte L ^b   Massonnet, F ^a,c,d   Davini, P ^e,f   Bellprat, O ^a   Guemas, V ^a,b   Doblas Reyes, F J ^a,c,g  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^f CNR   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Bias; Coupled models; Forecast verification skill; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORECASTING; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BIAS; COUPLED MODELS; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL PREDICTION; WINTER NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 85000978552     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0117.1     Document Type: Article

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