Characteristics of the TIGGE multimodel ensemble prediction system in representing forecast variability associated with extratropical transition

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Keller, J H ^a   Jones, S C ^a   Evans, J L ^b   Harr, P A ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; HURRICANES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; STORMS; USER INTERFACES;

DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; MIDLATITUDES; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 79959766485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047275     Document Type: Article

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