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Potential Predictability. ENSO. NEUT. El Nino. Mdl. La Nina. Obs. Variability ENSO: Mdl < Obs NEUT: Mdl > Obs. Neut. Regime dependent bias corrected. Conventional bias corrected. Raw forecast skill. Climate Variability and Potential Predictability in CFS. Wilbur Y. Chen
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Potential Predictability ENSO NEUT El Nino Mdl La Nina Obs Variability ENSO: Mdl < Obs NEUT: Mdl > Obs Neut
Regime dependent bias corrected Conventional bias corrected Raw forecast skill
Climate Variability and Potential Predictabilityin CFS Wilbur Y. Chen Climate Prediction Center NCEP/NWS/NOAA
MDL Total Variance Clim OBS Diff
DML ENSO DJFs NEUT DJFs OBS have have DIFF More Negative More Positive
ENSO DJFs NEUT DJFs MDL OBS Ratio Less > 1. More >> 1.
MDL VAR of ENS Means Versus ENS Spreads A B A B
Mdl Behavior: clim noise is smaller when there is ENSO forcing Neutral larger ENS Spreads ENS Means ENSO smaller Diff
Ens mean Ens spread Neut ENSO More < 1. More > 1. Ratio Mdl VAR Ratio = Neutral / ENSO
Warm DJFs larger smaller Clim Signal Clim Noise Cold DJFs larger smaller DIFF More Negat More Posit
Potential Predictability Total El Nino DJFs ENSO La Nina DJFs VAR of Clim Signal ------------------------------------ Total VAR (Signal+Noise) Neut
El Nino DJFs La Nina DJFs
Potential Predictability for ENSO DJFs for Neutral DJFs