Using ensembles for short-range forecasting

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 433-446

  Stensrud, David J ^a   Brooks, Harold E ^a   Du, Jun ^b   Tracton, M Steven ^b   Rogers, Eric ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032752524     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0433:UEFSRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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