Ensemble prediction of transitions of the north atlantic eddy-driven jet

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 658, 2011, Pages 1288-1297

  Frame, T H A ^a   Ambaum, M H P ^a   Gray, S L ^a   Methven, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; TIGGE; Weather regimes

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; DATA SETS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; LEAD TIME; NORTH ATLANTIC; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; REANALYSIS; TIGGE; TIME-SCALES; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; WEATHER REGIMES;

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79960744938     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.829     Document Type: Article

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