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A Multiscalar Global Drought Dataset: The SPEIbase: A New Gridded Product for the Analysis of Drought Variability and Impacts
Santiago Beguería, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Marta Angulo-Martínez
Abstract . PDF (1174 KB) 
1351–1356

IN BOX

1357open access
EC-Earth: A Seamless Earth-System Prediction Approach in Action
Wilco Hazeleger, Camiel Severijns, Tido Semmler, Simona Ştefănescu, Shuting Yang, Xueli Wang, Klaus Wyser, Emanuel Dutra, José M. Baldasano, Richard Bintanja, Philippe Bougeault, Rodrigo Caballero, Annica M. L. Ekman, Jens H. Christensen, Bart van den Hurk, Pedro Jimenez, Colin Jones, Per Kållberg, Torben Koenigk, Ray McGrath, Pedro Miranda, Twan Van Noije, Tim Palmer, José A. Parodi, Torben Schmith, Frank Selten, Trude Storelvmo, Andreas Sterl, Honoré Tapamo, Martin Vancoppenolle, Pedro Viterbo, Ulrika Willén
Abstract . PDF (1083 KB) 
1357–1363

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1365open access
Verifying Forecasts Spatially
Eric Gilleland, David A. Ahijevych, Barbara G. Brown, Elizabeth E. Ebert
Abstract . PDF (1259 KB) 
1365–1373
1377open access
An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the Twenty-First Century
Melvyn Shapiro, Jagadish Shukla, Gilbert Brunet, Carlos Nobre, Michel Béland, Randall Dole, Kevin Trenberth, Richard Anthes, Ghassem Asrar, Leonard Barrie, Philippe Bougeault, Guy Brasseur, David Burridge, Antonio Busalacchi, Jim Caughey, Deliang Chen, John Church, Takeshi Enomoto, Brian Hoskins, Øystein Hov, Arlene Laing, Hervé Le Treut, Jochem Marotzke, Gordon McBean, Gerald Meehl, Martin Miller, Brian Mills, John Mitchell, Mitchell Moncrieff, Tetsuo Nakazawa, Haraldur Olafsson, Tim Palmer, David Parsons, David Rogers, Adrian Simmons, Alberto Troccoli, Zoltan Toth, Louis Uccellini, Christopher Velden, John M. Wallace
Abstract . PDF (1790 KB) 
1377–1388
1389open access
Addressing the Complexity of the Earth System
Carlos Nobre, Guy P. Brasseur, Melvyn A. Shapiro, Myanna Lahsen, Gilbert Brunet, Antonio J. Busalacchi, Kathy Hibbard, Sybil Seitzinger, Kevin Noone, Jean P. Ometto
Abstract . PDF (1353 KB) 
1389–1396
1397open access
Collaboration of the Weather and Climate Communities to Advance Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction
Gilbert Brunet, Melvyn Shapiro, Brian Hoskins, Mitch Moncrieff, Randall Dole, George N. Kiladis, Ben Kirtman, Andrew Lorenc, Brian Mills, Rebecca Morss, Saroja Polavarapu, David Rogers, John Schaake, Jagadish Shukla
Abstract . PDF (658 KB) 
1397–1406
1407open access
Toward a New Generation of World Climate Research and Computing Facilities
J. Shukla, T. N. Palmer, R. Hagedorn, B. Hoskins, J. Kinter, J. Marotzke, M. Miller, J. Slingo
Abstract . PDF (518 KB) 
1407–1412

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Is Science Fiction a Genre for Communicating Scientific Research? A Case Study in Climate Prediction
T. N. Palmer
Abstract . PDF (95 KB) . Supplemental Material 
1413–1415

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Reaching Scientific Consensus Through a Competition
Valliappa Lakshmanan, Kimberly L. Elmore, Michael B. Richman
Abstract . PDF (592 KB) 
1423–1427