A stochastic convective approach to account for model uncertainty due to unresolved humidity variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Tompkins, A M ^a,b   Berner, J ^c  

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

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c Climate and Global Dynamics Division ESSL NCAR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 56549104468     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009284     Document Type: Article

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