期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 41, 期 15, 页码 5620-5628出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061146
关键词
seasonal prediction; decadal prediction; ensemble; predictability; reliability
资金
- DECC/Defra Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme [GA01101]
- EU FP7 SPECS project
Seasonal-to-decadal predictions are inevitably uncertain, depending on the size of the predictable signal relative to unpredictable chaos. Uncertainties can be accounted for using ensemble techniques, permitting quantitative probabilistic forecasts. In a perfect system, each ensemble member would represent a potential realization of the true evolution of the climate system, and the predictable components in models and reality would be equal. However, we show that the predictable component is sometimes lower in models than observations, especially for seasonal forecasts of the North Atlantic Oscillation and multiyear forecasts of North Atlantic temperature and pressure. In these cases the forecasts are underconfident, with each ensemble member containing too much noise. Consequently, most deterministic and probabilistic measures underestimate potential skill and idealized model experiments underestimate predictability. However, skilful and reliable predictions may be achieved using a large ensemble to reduce noise and adjusting the forecast variance through a postprocessing technique proposed here.
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