Reanalysis and reforecast of three major European storms of the twentieth century using the ECMWF forecasting system. Part I: Analyses and deterministic forecasts

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-361

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Klinker, Ernst ^a   Uppala, Sakari ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; FORECASTING SYSTEM; HIGH-RESOLUTION SYSTEMS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED FORECASTING SYSTEMS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REANALYSIS PROJECT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SEASONALITY; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 14044266165     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482704001434     Document Type: Article

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