Sensitivity of forecast errors to initial conditions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 529, 1996, Pages 121-150

  Rabier, F ^a   Klinker, E ^a   Courtier, P ^a   Hollingsworth, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adjoint method; Analysis error; Forecast error; Sensitivity studies

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT MODEL ANALYSIS; DATA ERROR; FORECAST SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0029731450     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.52905     Document Type: Article

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