Ensemble transform Kalman filter perturbations for a regional ensemble prediction system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 640, 2009, Pages 757-766

  Bowler, Neill E ^a   Mylne, Kenneth R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamical downscaling; Ensemble forecasting; Short range NWP

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LOCAL VERSIONS; SHORT-RANGE NWP; SMALL SCALE; TWO-COMPONENT;

CONTROL THEORY; KALMAN FILTERS;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; TRANSFORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 69549098197     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.404     Document Type: Article

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