%0 Journal Article %1 Feng2014Examination %A Feng, Xia %A Houser, Paul %D 2014 %I John Wiley & Sons, Ltd %J Atmos. Sci. Lett. %K temperature seasonal precip 20CR era reanalysis merra %N 4 %P 266--274 %R 10.1002/asl2.498 %T An examination of potential seasonal predictability in recent reanalyses %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl2.498 %V 15 %X This study examined potential seasonal predictability of precipitation and 2-m temperature in the recent global reanalyses from 1979 to 2012. The reanalyses being investigated are R1, R2, ERA-40, JRA25, ERA-I, MERRA, CFSR and 20CR. When compared against Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) precipitation, ERA-I and CFSR provide the best estimates of potential predictability, MERRA, R1 and R2 overestimate predictability and ERA-40 and JRA25 are unrealistic in the tropics. Predictability estimates of 2-m temperature from 20CR, JRA25, R1, MERRA, CFSR and R2 exhibit better agreement with the reanalysis ensemble mean than ERA-40 and ERA-I, which identify less predictability.

@article{Feng2014Examination, abstract = {This study examined potential seasonal predictability of precipitation and 2-m temperature in the recent global reanalyses from 1979 to 2012. The reanalyses being investigated are R1, R2, ERA-40, JRA25, ERA-I, MERRA, CFSR and 20CR. When compared against Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) precipitation, ERA-I and CFSR provide the best estimates of potential predictability, MERRA, R1 and R2 overestimate predictability and ERA-40 and JRA25 are unrealistic in the tropics. Predictability estimates of 2-m temperature from 20CR, JRA25, R1, MERRA, CFSR and R2 exhibit better agreement with the reanalysis ensemble mean than ERA-40 and ERA-I, which identify less predictability.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Feng, Xia and Houser, Paul}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b0d446df75505c25c8e4150ed22bdb8c/pbett}, citeulike-article-id = {13122079}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl2.498}, day = 1, doi = {10.1002/asl2.498}, interhash = {50dbf23700886e238aefada79db989dd}, intrahash = {b0d446df75505c25c8e4150ed22bdb8c}, journal = {Atmos. Sci. Lett.}, keywords = {temperature seasonal precip 20CR era reanalysis merra}, month = oct, number = 4, pages = {266--274}, posted-at = {2014-03-31 21:18:39}, priority = {2}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd}, timestamp = {2018-06-22T18:34:09.000+0200}, title = {An examination of potential seasonal predictability in recent reanalyses}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl2.498}, volume = 15, year = 2014 }