The Subseasonal Experiment (SubX)
Kathy Pegion
Dept of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences and Center for Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies, George Mason University
Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018, 2:00 pm
DSRC Room 2A305
Abstract
The subseasonal experiment (SubX) is a multi-model subseasonal prediction experiment. Seven global models are producing seventeen years of retrospective (re-) forecasts and one year of weekly real-time forecasts. Re-forecasts follow a protocol that requires weekly initializations and forecasts out to at least 32-days. The re-forecasts are archived at the IRI Data Library for research on subseasonal predictability and predictions. Real-time forecasts are produced weekly, beginning July 7, 2017. Each modeling group provides their forecasts, following the same protocol as the re-forecasts, to the NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center as guidance for their week 3-4 temperature and precipitation outlooks. These real-time forecasts are also archived for research use at the IRI Data Library. This presentation will provide an overview of SubX, including a description of the datasets, preliminary evaluation of skill and model biases and an example of forecast evaluations of hurricane Harvey. Future plans for SubX predictability and prediction research will be discussed as well as collaborations with other community S2S efforts.
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