A strategy for perturbing surface initial conditions in LAMEPS

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-113

  Wang, Yong ^a   Kann, Alexander ^a   Bellus, Martin ^b   Pailleux, Jean ^c   Wittmann, Christoph ^a  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b Slovak Hydro meteorological Institute   (Slovakia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction system; Limited area model; Probabilistic forecast; Surface conditions

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954444164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.260     Document Type: Article

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