Use of the breeding technique to estimate the structure of the analysis "errors of the day"

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-243

  Corazza, M ^a,b   Kalnay, E ^a   Patil, D J ^a   Yang, S C ^a   Morss, R ^c   Cai, M ^a   Szunyogh, I ^a   Hunt, B R ^a   Yorke, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; NONLINEARITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0038205884     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-10-233-2003     Document Type: Article

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