RT Journal Article
T1 S^4CAST v2.0: sea surface temperature based statistical seasonal forecast model
A1 Suárez Moreno, Roberto
A1 Rodríguez De Fonseca, María Belén
AB Sea surface temperature is the key variable when tackling seasonal to decadal climate forecasts. Dynamical models are unable to properly reproduce tropical climate variability, introducing biases that prevent a skillful predictability. Statistical methodologies emerge as an alternative to improve the predictability and reduce these biases. In addition, recent studies have put forward the non-stationary behavior of the teleconnections between tropical oceans, showing how the same tropical mode has different impacts depending on the considered sequence of decades. To improve the predictability and investigate possible teleconnections, the sea surface temperature based statistical seasonal foreCAST model (S^4CAST) introduces the novelty of considering the non-stationary links between the predictor and predictand fields. This paper describes the development of the S^4CAST model whose operation is focused on studying the impacts of sea surface temperature on any climate-related variable. Two applications focused on analyzing the predictability of different climatic events have been implemented as benchmark examples.
PB Copernicus Publications
SN 1991-959X
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35034
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35034
LA eng
NO © Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License.© Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.The research leading to these results received funding from the PREFACE-EU project (EU FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 603521, Spanish national project MINECO (CGL2012-38923-C02-01) and the VR: 101/11 project from the VIII UCM Call for Cooperation and Development projects. We also appreciate the work done by SOURCEFORGE.NET® staff in creating NetCDF libraries for MATLAB®, and of course, thanks also to the reviewers, editors and their advice and/or criticism.
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competividad (MINECO), España
NO VIII Convocatoria de Ayudas para Proyectos de Cooperación al Desarrollo de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid = VIII UCM Call for Cooperation and Development Projects
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 jul 2025