Uncertainty forecast from 3-D super-ensemble multi-model combination: Validation and calibration

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 283-294

  Mourre, Baptiste ^a   Chiggiato, Jacopo ^a   Lenartz, Fabian ^b   Rixen, Michel ^c  

^a NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coastal operational oceanography; Decision support; Ligurian Sea; Ocean temperature; REP10; Super ensemble; Uncertainty forecast

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; LIGURIAN SEA; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY; REP10; SUPER-ENSEMBLE; UNCERTAINTY FORECAST;

CALIBRATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATRIX; OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84861098522     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0504-6     Document Type: Article

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