An Investigation of Prediction and Predictability of NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS)

Correspondence to: Yuejian Zhu, Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740; E-mail: yuejian.zhu@noaa.gov An Investigation of Prediction and Predictability of NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Yuejian Zhu1, Wei Li2, Eric Sinsky2, Hong Guan3, Xiaqiong Zhou2, and Bing Fu2 1Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP 2IMSG at Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP 3SRG at Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP