Potential use of the ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System in cases of extreme weather events

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-84

  Petroliagis, T ^a   Buizza, R ^a   Lanzinger, A ^a   Palmer, T N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; MEDITERRANEAN STORMS; OPERATIONAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRECIPITATION PREDICTIONS; PROBABILITY FORECASTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 0009780620     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482797000297     Document Type: Article

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