Some aspects of the improvement in skill of numerical weather prediction

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 580, 2002, Pages 647-677

  Simmons, A J ^a   Hollingsworth, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Forecast errors; Medium range weather forecasting; Predictability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDES;

DATA ASSIMILATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036129946     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590002321042135     Document Type: Article

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