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Tropical OLR and SST C-LIM Forecasts
(Experimental NOAA/ESRL PSD and CIRES/CDC Forecast)
C-LIM VERSION 1.1: updated SST
dataset and more recent forecast initialization.
Weeks 12, 16, 20, 24, 28
- Forecast maps of OLR and SSTs (anomalies)
- Forecast maps of OLR and SSTs (totals)
- Cross-validated forecast skill for OLR and SST anomalies (1982-2007)
Standard disclaimer: these forecasts are experimental. NOAA/PSD and CIRES/CDC are not responsible for any loss occasioned by the use of these forecasts.
Please note: If you acquire C-LIM OLR and SST Forecasts from NOAA/PSD and CIRES/CDC, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including a citation in any documents or publications using these data, for example: "C-LIM OLR/SST Anomalies Forecast data provided by the NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division and CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO from their website at http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/, based upon the model described in Newman et al. (2009)." We would also greatly appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publication. This will help NOAA/PSD and CIRES/CDC to justify keeping the C-LIM Forecast data freely available online in the future. Thank you!