KMA Verification Information

*  Organization : Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
*  Forecast type : Deterministic Long-Range Forecasts
*  Hindcast run period : 1979 ~ 2006 
*  Objective Model : Global Data Assimilation and Prediction System (GDAPS)
   - Lead time : about 3 weeks 
   - Forecast period : monthly
*  Parameters to be verified : 2m Temperature, Precipitation, SST
*  Observed Data sets for verification
   1) 2m Temperature-
       - Source : NCEP-DOE reanalysis 2
              (http://nomad2.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/reanalysis-2/month)
       - Duration : 1979 ~ 2006
       - Parameter : monthly average
               
   2) Precipitation
 -  Source : NCEP/CPC CAMP-OPI 
              (ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/data-req/cams_opi_v0208)
       - Duration : 1979 ~ 2006
       - Parameter :  monthly average
    
   3) SST anomaly : OISST