Independent estimations of the asymptotic variability in an ensemble forecast system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4105-4112

  Bengtsson, Lisa K ^a,b   Magnusson, Linus ^b   Källén, Erland ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIRABLE PROPERTIES; ENSEMBLE FORECAST SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ERROR GROWTHS; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST MODELS; SIMPLE MODELS; SQUARE ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 57149141530     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2526.1     Document Type: Article

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