The geometry of model error

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1749-1772

  Judd, Kevin ^a   Reynolds, Carolyn A ^b   Rosmond, Thomas E ^b   Smith, Leonard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GEOMETRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

(PL) PROPERTIES; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; DATA PROJECTION; DETERMINISTIC NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST MODELS; FORECASTING MODELS; FORECASTING SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL SPACES; NEW TOOLS; PROJECTION ERROR;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 45849154272     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2327.1     Document Type: Article

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