The Climate-System Historical Forecast Project: Providing Open Access to Seasonal Forecast Ensembles from Centers around the Globe

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2017-11, Vol.98 (11), p.2293-2301
• Main Authors: Tompkins, Adrian M., De Zárate, María Inés Ortiz, Saurral, Ramiro I., Vera, Carolina, Saulo, Celeste, Merryfield, William J., Sigmond, Michael, Lee, Woo-Sung, Baehr, Johanna, Braun, Alain, Butler, Amy, Déqué, Michel, Doblas-Reyes, Francisco J., Gordon, Margaret, Scaife, Adam A., Imada, Yukiko, Ishii, Masayoshi, Ose, Tomoaki, Kirtman, Ben, Kumar, Arun, Müller, Wolfgang A., Pirani, Anna, Stockdale, Tim, Rixen, Michel, Yasuda, Tamaki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Atmospheric sciences; Climate; Climate change; Climate prediction; Climate system; Data assimilation; Data collection; Earth; Evolution; Fishery oceanography; Global climate; IN BOX: INSIGHTS and INNOVATIONS; Mathematics; Metadata; Meteorological research; Meteorology; Oceanography; Organizations; Physical sciences; Physics; Precipitation; Rain; Research centers; Sea surface; Sea surface temperature; Surface temperature; Sustainability; Technology application; Temperature (air-sea); Theoretical physics; Volcanic eruptions; Weather forecasting; Working groups
• ISSN: 0003-0007; 1520-0477
• DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-16-0209.1

The database is accessed by scientists around the world.Since its inception the database has seen a steady increase in active users, who originate from more than 30 countries.The only rule for consideration is that suggested model hindcast experiments should be conducted in true forecast mode and should not incorporate any information concerning the climate or environment after the experiment initialization, such as data concerning the evolution of the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) or the occurrence of volcanic eruptions.First and foremost, the forecasting systems that have contributed to the CHFP are not static but are subject to intermittent upgrades with improvements to model physics and data assimilation systems.FOR FURTHER READING Adrian M Tompkins (1), María Inés Ortiz De Zárate (2), Ramiro I Saurral (3), Carolina Vera (4), Celeste Saulo (5), William J Merryfield (6), Michael Sigmond (7), Woo-Sung Lee (8), Johanna Baehr (9), Alain Braun (10), Amy Butler (11), Michel Déqué (12), Francisco J Doblas-Reyes (13), Margaret Gordon (14), Adam A Scaife (15), Yukiko Imada (16), Masayoshi Ishii (17), Tomoaki Ose (18), Ben Kirtman (19), Arun Kumar (20), Wolfgang A Müller (21), Anna Pirani (22), Tim Stockdale (23), Michel Rixen (24), Tamaki Yasuda (25) (1) Earth System Physics, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2) Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera/UBA-CONICET, DCAO, and UMI-IFAECI/CNRS, Buenos Aires, Argentina (3) Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera/UBA-CONICET, DCAO, and UMI-IFAECI/CNRS, Buenos Aires, Argentina (4) Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera/UBA-CONICET, DCAO, and UMI-IFAECI/CNRS, Buenos Aires, Argentina (5) Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina (6) CCCma, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (7) CCCma, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (8) CCCma, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (9) Institute of Oceanography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (10) Météo-France, Toulouse, France (11) NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, Colorado (12) Météo-France, Toulouse, France (13) Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, and Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain (14) Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (15) Met Office, and College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Univers