Impact of stochastic convection on the ensemble transform

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4517-4526

  Reynolds, Carolyn A ^a   Teixeira, Joao ^b,c   McLay, Justin G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICS;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES; EXTRATROPICS; FORECAST TIMES; GLOBAL CONSTRAINTS; IMPROVED PERFORMANCES; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; SKILL SCORES;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSFORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 57149125966     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2453.1     Document Type: Article

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