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Below is a list of known meteorological agencies producing long-range forecasts and participating in the SVSLRF project.
Agencies that have submitted results are displayed in red. A more detailed description of the
forecasting system
used by the centres which have submitted is available
here
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Initial conditions |
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ECMWF |
T95L40, coupled |
40 |
6 months |
5 ocean analyses with
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perturbations + Stop |
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IRI |
multimodel: t.b.d. |
>30 |
6 months |
LAF |
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Beijing |
T63L16 coupled |
8 |
Season |
LAF |
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Lima |
CCM3
Coupled, |
12 |
6 months |
Perturbed SST |
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Melbourne |
T47L17 Coupled(ACOML) |
30 |
8 months |
LAF |
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Montreal |
T63L23, T32L10 |
12 |
100 days |
24 hour LAF, two models |
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Pretoria |
COLA T30L28 |
10 using |
6 months |
12-hour LAF using NCEP data |
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forecast SSTs |
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10 using |
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persisted SSTs |
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Sao Paulo |
T62L28 |
25 |
6 months |
Random OP |
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INPE/CPTEC |
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Seoul |
T106L21 |
20 |
130 days |
BGM |
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T106L21 |
20 |
7 months |
BGM |
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Tokyo |
T63L40 |
31 |
120/210 days |
SV |
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Toulouse |
GM ARPEGE- Climat T63L31 |
10 |
129 days |
LAF |
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Washington |
T62L28 |
20 |
7 months |
BGM |
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Met Office, Exeter |
GloSea (version of HadCM3) |
41 |
6 months |
5 ocean analyses with |
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Atmosphere: 2.5lat x 3.75lon x 19
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instantaneous SST perturbations |
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Ocean: 1.25 x 1.25 (0.28
lat in tropics) |
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x 40 vertical levels |
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GM = Global Model
LAM = Limited Area Model (resolution coarser or equal to 36 km)
MSM = Meso Scale Model (resolution finer than 36 km)
Perturbation technique for ensemble prediction systems:
SV = Singular Vectors, BGM = Breeding of Growing Modes, LAF = Lagged Average Forecasts,
StoP =Stochastic Physics, OP=Observation Perturbations
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