James L. Kinter

TL;DR: The recent U.S. National Academies report, Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability, was unequivocal in recommending the need for the development of a North American Multimodel Ensemble (NMME) operational predictive capability.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive analysis of the simple biosphere model (SIB) is performed in an effort to bridge the gap between the typical hydrological treatment of the land surface biosphere and the conventional general circulation model treatment, which is specified through a single parameter.

TL;DR: In this paper, the overall skill of ENSO prediction in retrospective forecasts made with ten different coupled GCMs is investigated, focusing on the tropical Pacific SST, especially by analyzing the NINO34 index.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed the performance of multilevel ensemble (MME) deterministic and probabilistic seasonal prediction based on 25-year (1980-2004) retrospective forecasts performed by 14 climate model systems (7 one-tier and 7 two-tier systems) that participate in the Climate Prediction and its Application to Society (CliPAS) project sponsored by the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center (APCC).

TL;DR: The first part of a three-part paper on North American climate in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) as discussed by the authors evaluates the historical simulations of continental and regional climatology with a focus on a core set of 17 models.