The impact of increased resolution on predictability studies with singular vectors

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 1007-1033

  Buizza, R ^a   Gelaro, R ^a,b   Molteni, F ^a   Palmer, T N ^a  

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

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble forecasts; Initial errors; Instabilities; Numerical weather prediction; Synopticscale predictability; Upscale energy cascade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ECMWF; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031457301     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54010     Document Type: Article

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