On ensemble prediction using singular vectors started from forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3038-3046

  Leutbecher, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS; VECTORS;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; SINGULAR VECTORS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PREDICTION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 27744469994     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3018.1     Document Type: Article

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