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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1437-2022
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Research article
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19 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 19 Oct 2022
| 19 Oct 2022
Constraining low-frequency variability in climate projections to predict climate on decadal to multi-decadal timescales – a poor man's initialized prediction system
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Markus G. Donat
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA),
Barcelona, Spain
Pablo Ortega
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA),
Barcelona, Spain
Carlos Delgado-Torres
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Margarida Samsó
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
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- Large potential of performance-based model weighting to improve decadal climate forecast skill V. Verjans et al.
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- Improving the forecast quality of near-term climate projections by constraining internal variability based on decadal predictions and observations M. Donat et al.
- AI-informed model-analogs for understanding subseasonal-to-seasonal jet stream and North American temperature predictability J. Landsberg et al.
- Data-driven seasonal climate predictions via variational inference and transformers L. Palma et al.
- Constraining the NAO-temperature teleconnection in CMIP6 simulations enables skillful multi-annual predictions of Eurasian winter climate R. Mahmood et al.
- Filtering CMIP6 models in the Euro-Mediterranean based on a circulation patterns approach M. Olmo et al.
- Supporting food security with multi-annual climate information: Co-production of climate services for the Southern African Development Community C. Delgado-Torres et al.
- Seamless seasonal to multi-annual predictions of temperature and Standardized Precipitation Index by constraining transient climate model simulations J. Acosta Navarro et al.
- Seamless climate information from months to multiple years: constraining decadal predictions with seasonal predictions and past observations, and their comparison to multi-annual predictions C. Delgado-Torres et al.
- Artificial intelligence for climate prediction of extremes: State of the art, challenges, and future perspectives S. Materia et al.
- Constraining decadal climate predictions with seasonal forecasts: a step toward seamless multi-year climate information B. Solaraju-Murali et al.
- Twelve months at 1.5 °C signals earlier than expected breach of Paris Agreement threshold A. Cannon
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Short summary
Near-term climate change projections are strongly affected by the uncertainty from internal climate variability. Here we present a novel approach to reduce such uncertainty by constraining decadal-scale variability in the projections using observations. The constrained ensembles show significant added value over the unconstrained ensemble in predicting global climate 2 decades ahead. We also show the applicability of regional constraints for attributing predictability to certain ocean regions.
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