Spatiotemporal characterization of Ensemble Prediction Systems the Mean-Variance of Logarithms (MVL) diagram

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Gutierrez J M ^a   Primo, C ^b   Rodriguez M A ^c   Fernandez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODELING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 39449121718     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-109-2008     Document Type: Article

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