Predictability and error growth dynamics in cloud-resolving models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4467-4478

  Hohenegger, Cathy ^a   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP); SYNOPTIC-SCALE FLOW;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38349185653     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2143.1     Document Type: Article

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