A brief introduction to Year of Polar Prediction and its related scientific questions

Jiang Shan; Yang Qinghua; Sun Qizhen; Li Chunhua; Zhang Lin; Teng Junhua

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.11.016

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Jiang Shan, Yang Qinghua, Sun Qizhen, Li Chunhua, Zhang Lin, Teng Junhua. A brief introduction to Year of Polar Prediction and its related scientific questions[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2018, 40(11): 157-165. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.11.016

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Jiang Shan, Yang Qinghua, Sun Qizhen, Li Chunhua, Zhang Lin, Teng Junhua. A brief introduction to Year of Polar Prediction and its related scientific questions[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2018, 40(11): 157-165. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.11.016

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A brief introduction to Year of Polar Prediction and its related scientific questions

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2018.11.016

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Key Laboratory of Research on Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Beijing 100081, China
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Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China

Received Date: 2018-01-22
Rev Recd Date: 2018-04-12

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Abstract

The Polar Prediction Project (PPP, 2013-2022) and Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP, mid-2017 to mid-2019) were initiated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), to effectively tackle the challenges of global climate change and polar warming. Eight key research goals, e.g., user applications and societal benefit, verification, observations, modelling, data assimilation, ensemble forecasting, predictability and forecast error diagnosis, global linkages, as well as the selected activities were discussed. Suggestions related to the in-situ observation, numerical prediction and information service, are also given to the Chinese polar research community to well take this opportunity of the PPP/YOPP implementation.
- Polar Prediction Project,
- Year of Polar Prediction,
- scientific questions

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