Improving the use of observations to calibrate ensemble spread

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 655, 2011, Pages 467-482

  Flowerdew, Jonathan ^a   Bowler, Neill E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATOVS; ETKF; Inflation factor; Innovation covariance; MOGREPS; Observation error; Spread skill regression

Indexed keywords

ATOVS; ETKF; INFLATION FACTORS; MOGREPS; OBSERVATION ERROR; SPREAD/SKILL REGRESSION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 79952551555     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.744     Document Type: Article

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