Notes on the appropriateness of 'bred modes' for generating initial perturbations used in ensemble prediction

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-441

  Errico, Ronald M ^a   Langland, Rolf ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032834091     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i3.13519     Document Type: Article

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