Selection of initial conditions for ensemble forecasts in a simple perfect model framework

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-36

  Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LOCAL ATTRACTOR STRUCTURE; LORENZ CONVECTIVE MODEL; PERTURBED INTEGRATION; SIMPLE PERFECT MODEL;

EID: 0029772167     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0022:SOICFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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