Impact of horizontal diffusion on T21, T42, and T63 singular vectors

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1069-1083

  Buizza, Roberto ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST ERROR; SINGULAR VECTOR; TRAJECTORY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031834663     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1069:IOHDOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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