Properties of singular vectors using convective available potential energy as final time norm

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-384

  Stappers, Roel ^a   Barkmeijer, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

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EID: 79954623246     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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