Progress in subseasonal to seasonal prediction through a joint weather and climate community effort

Public expectations have been set for the development of skillful meteorological forecasts of unprecedented leads out to a month or two, filling the so-called subseasonal to seasonal prediction gap. While both the weather and climate communities, coordinated internationally by the World Weather Rese...

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Published inNPJ climate and atmospheric science Vol. 1; no. 1
Main Authors Mariotti, Annarita, Ruti, Paolo M., Rixen, Michel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.03.2018
Nature Publishing Group
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704/172
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Climatology
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Perspective
Predictions
Weather forecasting
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Summary:Public expectations have been set for the development of skillful meteorological forecasts of unprecedented leads out to a month or two, filling the so-called subseasonal to seasonal prediction gap. While both the weather and climate communities, coordinated internationally by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), respectively, can contribute to address this challenge, neither of them can effectively meet the challenge alone. The WWRP/WCRP Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project and related initiatives such as the Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP) Program S2S Prediction Task Force are providing a framework for needed weather–climate community interactions. Such joint weather–climate efforts need to be sustained in the future for continued progress in subseasonal to seasonal prediction.
ISSN:2397-3722
2397-3722
DOI:10.1038/s41612-018-0014-z