Subjective versus objective sensitivity estimates: Application to a North African cyclogenesis

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1064-1078

  Homar, Victor ^a   Stensrud, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 52949138332     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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