CONTENTS



Purpose

Editorial Policy

Summary of Forecasts

Dynamically Based Forecasts of Tropical Pacific SST Using a Hybrid Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model - Tim Barnett, David Pierce, Nicholas Graham and Mojib Latif

Dynamical Forecasts of Tropical Pacific SST20 - Wanqui Wang, Ming Ji, Arun Kumar and Ants Leetma

Experimental Forecasts with a new Version of the LDEO Model - Dake Chen, Stephen E. Zebiak and Mark A. Cane

Neural-dynamic hybrid coupled model forecasts of the tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures - Youmin Tang and William Hsieh

SST Predictions with a Global Coupled GCM - Zeng-Zhen Hu, Bohua Huang, Edwin K. Schneider and Zhengxin Zhu

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

Tropical Pacific SST Predictions with a Coupled GCM - Ben P. Kirtman and J. Shukla

Prediction of NINO3 SST anomaly in a hybrid coupled with a piggy-back data assimilation initialization - Hsi Su and J. David Neelin

Probabilistic Forecasting of NINO3 Using Statistical Models - Simon J. Mason

Application of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation CLImatology and PERsistence (CLIPER) Forecasting Scheme - John A. Knaff and Christopher Landsea

Forecasts of Nino-3 SST Anomalies and SOI based on Singular Spectrum Analysis combined with the Maximum Entropy Method - Amira Saunders, Michael Ghil and J. David Neelin

Neural Network Model Forecasts of the NINO3.4 Sea Surface Temperature - Benyang Tang, William Hsieh and Fredolin T. Tangang

Forecast of Tropical SSTs using Linear Inverse Modeling (LIM) - Cecile Penland, Ludmila Matrosova, Klaus Weickmann and Catherine Smith

Forecast of Tropical Pacific SST Using a Markov Model - Yan Xue and Ming Ji

Constructed Analogue Prediction of the East Central Tropical Pacific SST and the Entire World Ocean for 2001 into 2002 - Huug van den Dool

Seasonal Forecasts of the Tropical and Extratropical Pacific Ocean MAM 2001 Forecast - Guillermo Auad, Arthur J. Miller, John O. Roads and John N. Ritchie

Seasonal Forecasts of the Tropical and Extratropical Pacific Ocean JJA 2001 Forecast - Guillermo Auad, Arthur J. Miller, John O. Roads and John N. Ritchie

ECPC's June 2001 Atmospheric Forecasts - J. Roads, S. Chen and J. Ritchie

2001 East African March to May Rainfall: Experimental Statistical Forecasts based on February Values of Global Regional Predicators - Nathalie Philippon and Pierre Camberlin

Experimental Forecast of 2001 Seasonal Rainfall in the Sahel and Other Regions of Tropical North Africa - Andrew Colman and Mike Davey