Foundation Seasonal Summary

Front

Does chaos help or hinder prediction?

Back

Hinder

Front

What is a 'teleconnection'?

Back

Phenomenon of remote influence

Front

What 'flavour' of ENSO is this?

Back

La Nina

Front

ENSO 'Modoki' refers to which type of ENSO? Options:

North Pacific

,

East Pacific

,

Central Pacific

,

Central Indian

Back

Central Pacific

Front

What 'flavour' of the IOD is this?

Back

Positive (+)

Front

El Nino is...

Back

...usually but not always accompanied by a positive IOD

Front

What do statistical methods for seasonal prediction use?

Back

They use observed historical relationships between seasonal rainfall and climate.

Front

What is an advantage of the ensemble mean?

Back

It picks out the dominant signal

Front

Which model belongs to all C3S, NMME, and LC-LRFMME forecast systems?

Back

CFSv2

Front

What name would you give to the predicted 'ensemble mean' minus the model’s climate mean?

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Ensemble Mean Anomaly