Contents

 

Purpose and Editorial Policy

Summary of Forecasts

 

Forecast of Tropical Pacific SST using an intermediate ocean and a statistical atmosphere model - contributed by In-Sik Kang, Chung-Kyu Park, Jong-Seong Kug,and Yoo-Geun Ham

 

Forecast of Tropical Pacific SST Using a Markov Model contributed by Yan Xue

 

Forecast of the December-February 2009 Atmospheric Circulation Using the UCLA-AGCM and the NCEP-forecasted global SST, combined with a statistical downscaling to estimate DJF/09 Precipitation in the northern part of Southeastern South America - contributed by Stefanie Talento, Gabriel Cazes Boezio and Gabriel J.Pisciottano

 

SST predictions with an intermediate coupled model of the tropical Pacific - contributed by Boris Dewitte, Dasha Gushchina, and Yves duPenhoat