The ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-304

  Palmer, T N ^a   Barkmeijer, J ^a   Buizza, R ^a   Petroliagis, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; INITIAL PERTURBATION;

DETECTION METHOD; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0005607198     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482797000649     Document Type: Article

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