SKILL OF REAL-TIME SEASONAL ENSO MODEL PREDICTIONS DURING 2002-11 Is Our Capability Increasing?

被引:558
作者
Barnston, Anthony G. [1 ]
Tippett, Michael K. [1 ,2 ]
L'Heureux, Michelle L. [3 ]
Li, Shuhua [1 ]
DeWitt, David G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Int Res Inst Climate & Soc, Earth Inst, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
[2] King Abdulaziz Univ, Dept Meteorol, Ctr Excellence Climate Change Res, Jeddah 21413, Saudi Arabia
[3] NOAA, Natl Weather Serv, Climate Predict Ctr, Camp Springs, MD USA
基金
美国海洋和大气管理局;
关键词
SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EL-NINO PREDICTION; COUPLED MODEL; OCEAN; PREDICTABILITY; FORECASTS; PACIFIC; ENSEMBLE; SST; VARIABILITY;
D O I
10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00111.1
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The low predictability of the past decade masked a gradual improvement of ENSO predictions, with skill of dynamical models now exceeding that of statistical models.
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页码:631 / 651
页数:21
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