Potential forecast skill of ensemble prediction and spread and skill distributions of the ECMWF ensemble prediction system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-119

  Buizza, Roberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002531176     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0099:PFSOEP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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