Optimal prediction of forecast error covariances through singular vectors

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 286-313

  Ehrendorfer, Martin ^a,b   Tribbia, Joseph J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; FORECAST ERROR; SINGULAR VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031464889     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0286:OPOFEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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