Diagnosis and optimization of ensemble forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1054-1074

  Vukicevic, Tomislava ^a   Jankov, Isidora ^b   McGinley, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; GAUSSIAN STOCHASTIC REPRESENTATION; WEATHER ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 44449147466     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2153.1     Document Type: Article

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