Ensemble prediction and parameter estimation system: The method

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 663, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Laine, Marko ^a   Solonen, Antti ^b   Haario, Heikki ^b   Järvinen, Heikki ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Closure parameter estimation; Importance sampling; NWP model tuning

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL TESTS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NWP MODEL; OPERATIONAL MODEL; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETRIC INFORMATION; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; PROPOSAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODELS;

FORECASTING; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84858291603     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.922     Document Type: Article

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