Mismatching perturbations at the lateral boundaries in limited-area ensemble forecasting: A case study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 356-374

  Caron, Jean François ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF BALANCES; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE PERTURBATION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SURFACE PRESSURE FIELD; VERTICAL CORRELATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; PRESSURE FIELD; TRANSFORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84874919012     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00051.1     Document Type: Article

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