The multiensemble approach: The NAEFS example

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1655-1665

  Candille, Guillem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS RANKED PROBABILITY SCORES; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; PROBABILISTIC SYSTEMS; TWO-COMPONENT; VERIFICATION TOOLS;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68249136903     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2682.1     Document Type: Article

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