Detailed knowledge of the North Atlantic Ocean state is not strictly necessary for producing useful predictions of climate fluctuations on decadal timescales. Instead, this approach makes use of existing sea surface temperature observations to improve the forecasting skill of climate models to predict that natural climate variations in the North Atlantic and tropical Pacific oceans will, over the coming decade, temporarily offset the projected anthropogenic warming.
- N. S. Keenlyside
- M. Latif
- E. Roeckner
