Impact of stochastic physics in a convection-permitting ensemble

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3706-3721

  Bouttier, François ^a   Vié, Benoît ^a   Nuissier, Olivier ^a   Raynaud, Laure ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Regional models; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; MESOSCALE; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE; PROBABILISTIC SCORES; REGIONAL MODEL; SPACE AND TIME; STOCHASTIC PERTURBATIONS; SURFACE PERTURBATIONS; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84865463957     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00031.1     Document Type: Article

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