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Appendix B: Details of Seasonal and Subseasonal Forecast Systems
Pages 319-322

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... The ocean component is the Modular Ocean Model developed by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) with 0.5 to 0.25 degree resolution and 40 vertical levels, and with an interactive sea ice model.
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... Additional details about these and other operational seasonal forecast systems are shown in Table B.1, and Table B.2 provides similar information for subseasonal systems.
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... . Reforecast Reforecast Reforecast Time range Model Resolution Coupled Ensemble Size Frequency length frequency size BoM m 0-9 POAMA T47L17 yes 33 2/week 1981-2010 6/month 33 CMA m 0-3 BCC-CM1 T63L16 yes 48 1/month 1982-now 1/month 6 EC m 0-12 CanSIPS T63L35 yes 20 1/month 1981-2010 1/month 20 ECMWF m 0-7/12 System4 T255L91 yes 51 1/month 1981-2010 1/month 15 HMCR m 0-4 SL-AV 1.1x1.4L28 no 20 1/month 1981-2010 1/month 10 JMA m 0-3/6 JMA/MRI-CPS2 TL150L60 yes 51 1/month 1979-2010 2/month 5 KMA m 0-3/6 GDAPS T106L21 no 20 1/month 1979-2010 1/month 20 Météo-France m 0-7 ARPEGE T63L31 yes 41 1/month 1993-2003 1/month 5 NCEP m 0-9 CFSv2 T126L64 yes 40 1/month 1982-2010 1/month 24 UKMO m 0-6 GloSea5 N216L85 yes 42 1/week 1996-2009 4/month 12 CPTEC m 0-7 CPTEC AGCM T62L28 no 15 1/month 1979-2001 1/month 10 SAWS m 0-5 ECHAM4.5 T42L19 no 6 1/month 1981-2001 1/month 6 321 Appendix B
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... Reforecast Reforecast Reforecast Time range Resolution Ensemble Size Frequency Reforecasts length frequency size APPENDIX B BoM (ammc) d 0-60 T47L17 33 2/week fix 1981-2013 6/month 33 CMA (babj)
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Key Terms

  • vertical levels
  • retrospective forecast
  • atmospheric model
  • retrospective forecasts
  • horizontal resolution

  • frequency size
  • size frequency
  • time range
  • operational seasonal
  • reforecast reforecast

  • degree resolution
  • seasonal forecasting
  • ensemble size
  • ocean component
  • resolution coupled

  • stochastic physics
  • sea surface
  • ecmwf integrated
  • atmosphere models
  • interactive sea

  • reforecasts length
  • similar information
  • surface temperature
  • seasonal forecasts
  • seasonal forecast

  • geophysical fluid
  • range resolution
  • range model
  • provides similar
  • ensemble ocean


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