Evaluation of a short-range multimodel ensemble system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 729-747

  Wandishin, M S ^a   Mullen, S L ^a   Stensrud, D J ^a   Brooks, H E ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ERROR GROWTH CURVES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035302728     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<0729:EOASRM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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