The Predictability Problems in Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-204

  Mu, Mu ^a   Duan, Wansuo ^a   Wang, Jiacheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Numerical model; Optimization; Predictability; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142178912     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-002-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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