Performance of the ECMWF and the BoM ensemble prediction systems in the Southern hemisphere

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2338-2357

  Bourke, W ^a   Buizza, R ^b   Naughton, M ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS (EPS); GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 7744230817     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<2338:POTEAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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