Impact of ensemble size on ensemble prediction

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2503-2518

  Buizza, R ^a   Palmer, T N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; PREDICTION;

EID: 0032453445     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2503:IOESOE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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