The Central European limited-area ensemble forecasting system: ALADIN-LAEF

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 655, 2011, Pages 483-502

  Wang, Yong ^a   Bellus, Martin ^b   Wittmann, Christoph ^a   Steinheimer, Martin ^a   Weidle, Florian ^a   Kann, Alexander ^a   Ivatek Šahdan, Stjepan ^c   Tian, Weihong ^d   Ma, Xulin ^e   Tascu, Simona ^f   Bazile, Eric ^g  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b Slovak Hydro meteorological Institute   (Slovakia)

^c METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f National Meteorological Administration of Romania   (Romania)

^g CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction system; Probabilistic forecasts

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MULTI-PHYSICS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; REGIONAL COOPERATION; SINGULAR VECTORS; TECHNICAL DETAILS; UPGRADED SYSTEMS;

BLENDING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PERTURBATION; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 79952530023     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.751     Document Type: Article

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