Tropical C-LIM Forecasts : 2-7 month leads
(Experimental NOAA/ESRL PSD and CIRES/CDC Forecast)
C-LIM VERSION 2.0: Now with 1) 200
and 850 mb winds (including vertical shear), 2) 5-day running means, 3) finer (2 degree)
latitude resolution.
Pentads 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42
- Forecast maps of OLR/200 mb winds and SST/850 mb winds (anomalies)
- Forecast maps of OLR and SSTs (totals)
- Cross-validated forecast skill for OLR and SST anomalies (1982-2009)
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 tropical 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 tropical 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!