Accounting for the effect of observation errors on verification of MOGREPS

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 199-205

  Bowler, Neill E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble forecasting; Observation error; Verification

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; VERIFICATION;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; LEAD TIME; MOGREPS; OBSERVATION ERRORS;

ERRORS;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 42549148763     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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