Benefits of increased resolution in the ECMWF ensemble system and comparison with poor-man's ensembles

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 589 PART C, 2003, Pages 1269-1288

  Buizza, R ^a   Richardson, D S ^a   Palmer, T N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction; Poor man's ensemble; Predictability

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS;

METEOROLOGY;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION;

EID: 0037255591     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.92     Document Type: Article

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