MVL spatiotemporal analysis for model intercomparison in EPS: Application to the DEMETER multi-model ensemble

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 233-243

  Fernández, Jesus ^a   Primo, C ^b   Cofino A S ^a   Gutierrez J M ^c   Rodriguez M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction systems; Error growth; Model intercomparison; MVL diagram; Spatiotemporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649214818     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0456-9     Document Type: Article

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