Sensitivity analysis of forecast errors and the construction of optimal perturbations using singular vectors

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1012-1037

  Gelaro, R ^a,b   Buizza, R ^b   Palmer, T N ^b   Klinker, E ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST ERROR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGULAR VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031833778     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1012:SAOFEA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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