The ensemble-transform scheme adapted for the generation of stochastic forecast perturbations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 626 A, 2007, Pages 1257-1266

  McLay, Justin G ^a   Bishop, Craig H ^a   Reynolds, Carolyn A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Correlation; Ensemble transform; Growth; Stochastic perturbations

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; STOCHASTIC PERTURBATION;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PERTURBATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 34548264280     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.86     Document Type: Article

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