Increasing model structural complexity inhibits the growth of initial condition errors

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-486

  Baird, Mark E ^a   Suthers, Iain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ensemble spread; Initial conditions; Non linear dynamics; Pelagic ecosystem; Predictive skill; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956049889     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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