Sensitivity of forecast errors to initial conditions with a quasi-inverse linear method

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2479-2503

  Pu, Zhao Xia ^a,b   Kalnay, Eugenia ^b,d   Sela, Joseph ^b   Szunyogh, Istvan ^b,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

FORECAST ERRORS; QUASI INVERSE LINEAR METHOD;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031256687     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2479:SOFETI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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