Sensitivity of tropospheric forecasts to stratospheric initial conditions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 600 PART A, 2004, Pages 1771-1792

  Charlton, A J ^a   O'Neill, A ^a   Lahoz, W A ^a   Massacand, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Numerical model; Stratosphere troposphere connections

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; OSCILLATIONS; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS; TROPOSPHERIC FORECASTS;

METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3242791592     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.167     Document Type: Article

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