Glossary
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Climate prediction
Estimate of how the climate will develop in the future on a seasonal, multi-year or longer-term time scale. Outcomes are presented as probabilities.
A climate prediction is the result of an attempt to estimate how the climate will develop in the future on e.g. a seasonal, multi-year or longer-term time scale. Given that the climate system’s future development greatly depends on the initial conditions, such predictions are normally presented as probabilities.