Scale-dependent verification of ensemble forecasts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 633 B, 2008, Pages 973-984

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Leutbecher, Martin ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Planetary Waves; Predictability; Probabilistic Skill; Spread skill Relationship; Synoptic Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROBABILITY;

ECMWF MODEL; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; PREDICTABILITY; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; PROBABILISTIC SKILL; SPECTRAL BANDING; SPECTRAL MODELING; SPREAD-SKILL RELATIONSHIP; SYNOPTIC VARIABILITY; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; PROBABILITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 48649084820     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.255     Document Type: Article

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