Targeting observations using singular vectors

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2965-2985

  Buizza, Roberto ^a   Montani, A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STORMS; VECTORS;

SINGULAR VECTORS; TARGET AREA; VERIFICATION AREA;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE; FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033399054     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2965:TOUSV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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