The MOGREPS short-range ensemble prediction system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 703-722

  Bowler, Neill E ^a   Arribas, Alberto ^a   Mylne, Kenneth R ^a   Robertson, Kelvyn B ^a   Beare, Sarah E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble forecasting; Short range NWP

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONTROL THEORY; KALMAN FILTERS; THEOREM PROVING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE FILTERS;

AND MODELS; CASE STUDIES; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FULLY OPERATIONAL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PERFORMANCE RESULTS; SHORT-RANGE NWP; SUB GRIDS;

FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; PERTURBATION;

EID: 42549149903     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.234     Document Type: Article

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