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Predictability of Weather and Climate
The past developments in the predictability of weather and climate are discussed from the point of view of nonlinear dynamical systems. The problems ahead for long‐range predictability extending into the climate time scale are also presented. The sensitive dependence of chaos on initial conditions a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6774281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000586 |
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author | Krishnamurthy, V. |
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description | The past developments in the predictability of weather and climate are discussed from the point of view of nonlinear dynamical systems. The problems ahead for long‐range predictability extending into the climate time scale are also presented. The sensitive dependence of chaos on initial conditions and the imperfections in the models limit reliable predictability of the instantaneous state of the weather to less than 10 days in present‐day operational forecasts. The existence of slowly varying components such as the sea surface temperature, soil moisture, snow cover, and sea ice may provide basis for predicting certain aspects of climate at long range. The regularly varying nonlinear oscillations, such as the Madden‐Julian Oscillation, monsoon intraseasonal oscillations, and El Niño‐Southern Oscillation, are also possible sources of extended‐range predictability at the climate time scale. A prediction model based on phase space reconstruction has demonstrated that monsoon intraseasonal oscillation can be better predicted at long leads. |
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spelling | pubmed-67742812019-10-07 Predictability of Weather and Climate Krishnamurthy, V. Earth Space Sci Review Articles The past developments in the predictability of weather and climate are discussed from the point of view of nonlinear dynamical systems. The problems ahead for long‐range predictability extending into the climate time scale are also presented. The sensitive dependence of chaos on initial conditions and the imperfections in the models limit reliable predictability of the instantaneous state of the weather to less than 10 days in present‐day operational forecasts. The existence of slowly varying components such as the sea surface temperature, soil moisture, snow cover, and sea ice may provide basis for predicting certain aspects of climate at long range. The regularly varying nonlinear oscillations, such as the Madden‐Julian Oscillation, monsoon intraseasonal oscillations, and El Niño‐Southern Oscillation, are also possible sources of extended‐range predictability at the climate time scale. A prediction model based on phase space reconstruction has demonstrated that monsoon intraseasonal oscillation can be better predicted at long leads. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-07-24 2019-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6774281/ /pubmed/31598537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000586 Text en ©2019. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Review Articles Krishnamurthy, V. Predictability of Weather and Climate |
title | Predictability of Weather and Climate |
title_full | Predictability of Weather and Climate |
title_fullStr | Predictability of Weather and Climate |
title_full_unstemmed | Predictability of Weather and Climate |
title_short | Predictability of Weather and Climate |
title_sort | predictability of weather and climate |
topic | Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6774281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31598537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000586 |
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