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Druyan et al. 1975

Druyan, L.M., R.C.J. Somerville, and W.J. Quirk, 1975: Extended-range forecasts with GISS model of the global atmosphere. Mon. Weather Rev., 103, 779-795, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1975)103<0779:ERFWTG>2.0.CO;2.

Six cases of two-week numerical weather prediction experiments, begun from and verified against actual data, are presented to illustrate the extended-range forecasting capability of a global circulation model. The forecasts, all for Northern Hemisphere winter, are analyzed for both transient and time-mean properties of the predicted fields of wind, temperature, pressure, and precipitation. Rms temperature and sea-level pressure errors rise above persistence level during the first week, but forecast tropospheric zonal winds and 500 mb heights are superior to persistence throughout the two-week period. Time-mean forecasts display the model's climatological bias, but show skill in the prediction of surface temperature and synoptic-scale circulation patterns representing an improvement over climatology. Skill in precipitation forecasting is demonstrable for about one week.

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@article{dr00100w,
  author={Druyan, L. M. and Somerville, R. C. J. and Quirk, W. J.},
  title={Extended-range forecasts with GISS model of the global atmosphere},
  year={1975},
  journal={Monthly Weather Review},
  volume={103},
  pages={779--795},
  doi={10.1175/1520-0493(1975)103%3C0779%3AERFWTG%3E2.0.CO;2},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - dr00100w
AU  - Druyan, L. M.
AU  - Somerville, R. C. J.
AU  - Quirk, W. J.
PY  - 1975
TI  - Extended-range forecasts with GISS model of the global atmosphere
JA  - Mon. Weather Rev.
JO  - Monthly Weather Review
VL  - 103
SP  - 779
EP  - 795
DO  - 10.1175/1520-0493(1975)103%3C0779%3AERFWTG%3E2.0.CO;2
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