Statistical decadal predictions for sea surface temperatures: a benchmark for dynamical GCM predictions
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Statistical decadal predictions for sea surface temperatures: a benchmark for dynamical GCM predictions
Accurate decadal climate predictions could be used to inform adaptation actions to a changing climate. The skill of such predictions from initialised dynamical global climate models (GCMs) may be assessed by comparing with predictions from statistical models which are based solely on historical observations. This paper presents two benchmark statistical models for predicting both the radiativel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Climate Dynamics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0930-7575,1432-0894
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1531-9