TIGGE: Comparison of the prediction of northern hemisphere extratropical cyclones by different ensemble prediction systems

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 819-836

  Froude, Lizzie S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Extratropical cyclones; Northern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ERROR GROWTH; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; FEATURE-TRACKING; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROPAGATION SPEED; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPREAD-SKILL RELATIONSHIP; TIME PERIODS; WEATHER RESEARCH;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SPEED; STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77955570957     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222326.1     Document Type: Article

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