A seasonal climate forecast isn't a weather forecast you fool.
This new prediction system shows the multi-year predictive skills of drought and wildfire conditions beyond the typical timescale of
seasonal climate forecast models.
A unified treatment of weather and climate models (i.e. the same dynamical cores for the atmosphere and ocean are used for models across the range of time scales) transfers confidence from the weather and
seasonal climate forecast models to the climate models used in century scale simulations.
ICPAC carries out and issues
seasonal climate forecast in the last week of February, May and August each year.
Also, according to the researchers,
seasonal climate forecasts enable a more effective and dynamic adaptation to climate variability and change, offering an underexploited opportunity to reduce the fire impact of adverse climate conditions.
Such is the nature of
seasonal climate forecasting when there is enough forecast uncertainty that «busts» can and do occur.
Farmers are often willing to experiment with new crops, but would benefit from information about local market prices and
seasonal climate forecasts, as well as help with inputs — which could be provided by research organisations and development groups working in the field, Thornton told AlertNet from Nairobi.
Seasonal climate forecasts (e.g., temperature, North Atlantic Oscillation, Arctic Oscillation, El Nino Southern Oscillation) that may help guide ice forecasts.
The seasonal climate forecasts is a blend of the two techniques.
Fully coupled global climate model experiments are performed using the Community Climate System Model version 4.0 (CCSM4) for preindustrial, present, and future climate to study the effects of realistic land surface initializations on subseasonal to
seasonal climate forecasts.
During the workshop, delegates assessed different ways to incorporate
seasonal climate forecasts into farmer decision making, using several African countries as examples.
Seasonal climate forecasts indicate continued above normal temperatures in the more southern regions, with especially high temperatures in the Kara and Barents seas.
Seasonal climate forecasts that may help guide ice forecasts (e.g., temperature, North Atlantic Oscillation, Arctic Oscillation, El Nino Southern Oscillation).
The potential for the SWAC to become
a seasonal climate forecasting tool for SW WA remains an exciting possibility.
Not exact matches
Instead of waiting for an event to happen, the idea is to incorporate
seasonal forecasts, which are done a month or more ahead of time, into the
climate models.
If it was predicted in the real - world
seasonal forecast but not in the scenario which is stripped of emissions, then it was made more likely by
climate change — a likelihood that can be calculated.
NOAA evaluates the accuracy of its
seasonal forecasts each year, with the aim of seeing the number of storms fall in the given ranges at least 70 percent of the time, which they do consistently, Gerry Bell, lead
seasonal hurricane forecaster with NOAA's
Climate Prediction Center, said.
A new buzz - word is the concept of «seamless prediction», in which predictions ranging from nowcasting all the way to future scenarios are provided with a sliding time scale and that doesn't make distinction of incremental types such as «weather
forecasts» «
seasonal predictions» and «
climate scenarios».
John Allen, an associate research scientist at the International Research Institute for
Climate and Society at Columbia University, who, with colleagues, came out with the first
seasonal tornado
forecast last year, expects a below - normal number of tornadoes in the south central U.S.
A new analysis published in the journal Environmental Research Letters establishes that
seasonal forecast sea surface temperature (SSTs) can be used to perform probabilistic extreme - event attribution, thereby accelerating the time it takes
climate scientists to understand and quantify the role of global warming in certain classes of extreme weather events.
Cohen is the director of
seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, a Massachusetts - based firm that analyzes weather and
climate risks.
In collaboration with Ralph, our team at the Met Office Hadley Centre combined techniques from two normally separate areas of
climate science —
seasonal forecasting and carbon cycle research — to
forecast CO2 concentrations for 2016.
Judah Cohen, a
climate forecaster at Atmospheric and Environmental Research in Massachusetts, who issues
seasonal snowfall
forecasts several months in advance for his company's clients, said the relationship between sea ice loss and the Arctic Oscillation is a key area for future research to focus on.
A few
climate models have been tested for (and shown) capability in initial value predictions, on time scales from weather
forecasting (a few days) to
seasonal forecasting (annual).
On Thursday, the
Climate Prediction Center (CPC) released its latest
seasonal drought
forecast for the U.S..
Moukouba Moutoumounkata is a Meteorologist, Data Scientist, specialized in operational
seasonal and interannual
climate forecasting at the National Meteorological Department of the Agence Nationale d'Aviation Civile (ANAC Congo) in Brazzaville, Congo.
It is the top priority of my research group to try to solve this problem to improve our
climate predictions and, depending on the answer, it could affect predictions on all timescales from medium range
forecasts, through monthly,
seasonal, decadal and even
climate change projections.
Some of the
climate models are now used for
seasonal forecasting, for e.g. ENSO.
Seasonal forecasts are often made with coupled ocean - atmoaphere models (more like
climate models), as opposed to atmosphere - only models for ordinary weather
forecasts.
It's very important to grasp this, as if you don't, you'll tend to think that a bad Met
seasonal forecast says something about the skill (or lack thereof) of
climate models.
An accurate prediction of the AO could lead to improved
seasonal temperature
forecasts over the major population centers in eastern North America and Europe as it explains the largest fraction of temperature variance of any other
climate mode over these regions.
Ms Najira said that the Government of Malawi is using
climate information to derive resilient designs and to address the impacts of
climate change and variability, to plan for disaster risk management and for contingency planning (
seasonal forecasts).
They can be applied in a consistent way to different types of data (historical,
seasonal forecasts,
climate projections, etc.).
In the context of humanitarian aid and disaster preparedness, the Red Cross
Climate Centre / IRI have proposed a «Ready - Set - Go» concept for making use of
forecasts from weather to
seasonal, in which
seasonal forecasts are used to begin monitoring of subseasonal and short - range
forecasts, update contingency plans, train volunteers, and enable early warning systems («Ready»); sub-monthly
forecasts are used to alert volunteers, warn communities («Set»); and, weather
forecasts are then used to activate volunteers, distribute instructions to communities, and evacuate if needed («Go»).
Substantial progress has been made in recent years on the development and applications of medium - range weather
forecasts and
seasonal climate predictions.
Proceedings of the RA VI Task Team on the Provision of
Seasonal to Inter-annual
Forecasts and Regional
Climate Centre Services (RA VI - TT / SIRCC): Reading, United Kingdom, 14 - 16 April 2003.
JC note: From the perspective of my company
Climate Forecast Applications Network, I am particularly interested in business applications of the sub
seasonal forecasts.
«The IRI and other centers have been issuing
seasonal climate predictions routinely since the late 1990s, but prediction on the subseasonal range — which fills the gap between weather
forecasts and
seasonal forecasts — is an emerging area of research,» Robertson told the IRI.
Recent government contracts for CFAN include a DOE contract to develop extended range regional wind power
forecasts, a DOD contract to predict extreme events associated with
climate variability / change having implications for regional stability, and a NOAA contract to improve sub
seasonal forecasting.
Copernicus
Climate Change Service (C3S) will produce and share regional climate reanalyses, seasonal forecasts, global and regional climate projections and health specific climate indi
Climate Change Service (C3S) will produce and share regional
climate reanalyses, seasonal forecasts, global and regional climate projections and health specific climate indi
climate reanalyses,
seasonal forecasts, global and regional
climate projections and health specific climate indi
climate projections and health specific
climate indi
climate indicators.
During 2015 our decadal prediction system was upgraded to use the latest high resolution version of our coupled
climate model, consistent with our
seasonal forecasts.
This webinar addresses the subjects of
climate variables,
seasonal forecasting and the C3S ECEM Demonstrator in relation to the European energy sector.
•
Seasonal forecasting for water allocation and irrigated agriculture (IMPREX project) Johannes Hunink, Futurewater — presentation pdf • PEARL Project — preparing for extremes and rare event in coastal regions — Uwe Mikolajewicz, MPI - MET — presentation pdf • Commercial
climate services — lessons learned from the Klimaspring campaign — Mikkel A. Thomassen, Smith Innovation — presentation pdf • Climate change impact on water resources — Experiences with different climates / scales / tools — Philipp Stanzel, Poyry Energy — presentation pdf • Climate change effect study for the Frisian Belt canal water system - Peter Schaper, Wetterskipfryslan — presentat
climate services — lessons learned from the Klimaspring campaign — Mikkel A. Thomassen, Smith Innovation — presentation pdf •
Climate change impact on water resources — Experiences with different climates / scales / tools — Philipp Stanzel, Poyry Energy — presentation pdf • Climate change effect study for the Frisian Belt canal water system - Peter Schaper, Wetterskipfryslan — presentat
Climate change impact on water resources — Experiences with different
climates / scales / tools — Philipp Stanzel, Poyry Energy — presentation pdf •
Climate change effect study for the Frisian Belt canal water system - Peter Schaper, Wetterskipfryslan — presentat
Climate change effect study for the Frisian Belt canal water system - Peter Schaper, Wetterskipfryslan — presentation pdf
«Multi-model
seasonal forecast of Arctic sea - ice
forecast uncertainty at pan-Arctic and regional scales»
Climate Dynamics (49: 1399, doi: 10.1007 / s00382 -016-3388-9).
If
seasonal forecasting is now being claimed to be a
climate issue, then we are faced with a turf war between meteorologists, who have done a pretty darn god job, and
climate scientists, who seem to be seeking a new job description but have an unfortunate track record.
Traders and managers of energy mutual funds and hedge funds are also using AER's
seasonal forecasts, environmental research,
climate models, and weather and hurricane
forecasts to optimize their investment strategies.
Understanding how these different
climate phenomena interact, how they are simulated in models, and how they can be used for sub-
seasonal to
seasonal forecasting is currently a major focus of research.
Just as weather
forecasts are useful for a week or so until too many errors accumulate — it may just be possible to build a
climate model that is useful for
seasonal to decadal
forecasting.
Currently, ICPAC runs WRF model for medium range weather
forecasts, PRECIS model for
climate chnage and scenario development; and is in the process of setting up a Regional Spectral Model (RSM) for downscaling
seasonal forecasts.
There are a number of partners involved in this project including the International Research Institute for
Climate and Society (IRI), IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
Climate Prediction Applications Centre (ICPAC), the meteorological services of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, educational institutions and end users of
seasonal forecasting information in the region and from the four countries.