Ensemble Held-Suarez test with a spectral transform model: Variability, sensitivity, and convergence

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1075-1092

  Wan, Hui ^a   Giorgetta, Marco A ^a   Bonaventura, Luca ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; WESTERLY JETS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC WAVE; CONVERGENCE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM; TROPOPAUSE; WARMING; WESTERLY;

EID: 44449094063     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2044.1     Document Type: Article

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