Sensitivity of extratropical cyclone characteristics to horizontal resolution in the ECMWF model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 619, 2006, Pages 1839-1857

  Jung, T ^a   Gulev, S K ^b   Rudeva, I ^b   Soloviov, V ^b  

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

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis; Cyclone frequencies; Cyclone tracking; ERA 40 re analysis; Orography; Seasonal forecasting; Storm tracks; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE TRACKING; GENOA CYCLOGENESIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHY; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; LABRADOR SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33750105999     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.212     Document Type: Article

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