A Benchmark for Probabilistic Seasonal Streamflow Forecasting over North America

Louise Arnal1, Martyn P Clark2, Vincent Fortin3, Alain Pietroniro4, Vincent Vionnet3, Paul H Whitfield5 and Andy Wood6, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore, Canada, (2)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (3)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Meteorological Research Division, Dorval, QC, Canada, (4)University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada, (5)University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology, Canmore, AB, Canada, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States