articleJournal of ClimateSep 25, 2013BRONZE OA

The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction · NOAA Environmental Modeling Center · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Abstract The second version of the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSv2) was made operational at NCEP in March 2011. This version has upgrades to nearly all aspects of the data assimilation and forecast model components of the system. A coupled reanalysis was made over a 32-yr period (1979–2010), which provided the initial conditions to carry out a comprehensive reforecast over 29 years (1982–2010). This was done to obtain consistent and stable calibrations, as well as skill estimates for the operational subseasonal and seasonal predictions at NCEP with CFSv2. The operational implementation of the full system ensures a continuity of the climate record and provides a valuable up-to-date dataset to study many…

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Keywords
  • Climate Forecast System
  • Predictability
  • Climatology
  • Environmental science
  • Global Forecast System
  • Forecast skill
  • Data assimilation
  • Madden–Julian oscillation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Zero hunger
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