Monthly Prediction

SRDP

Year

1980s

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Month

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Day

1

6

11

16

21

26

POP

1-10 day

11-20 day

21-30 day

31-40 day

1-30 day

11-40 day

Variable

Range

China

Asia

NEH

NH

Global

Precipitation

EM&ML

EM&ML

EM&ML

Temp. in 2M

EM&ML

EM&ML

EM&ML

Z500

EM

EM

EM

SLP

EM

EM

200 hPa Wind

EM

EM

700 hPa Wind

EM

EM

Ensemble Method

equal-weight

linear-weight

parabolic-weight

Acronyms:
SRDP : Started Reference Date of PredictionPOP : Period of PredictionNEH : Northeastern Hemisphere
NH : Northern HemisphereEM : Ensemble MeanML : Most Likely