Stochastic parametrizations and model uncertainty in the lorenz '96 system

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1991, 2013, Pages

  Arnold, H M ^a   Moroz, I M ^a   Palmer, T N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble Prediction; Model Uncertainty; Reliability; Seamless Prediction; Stochastic Parametrizations

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; CLIMATOLOGY; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

ADDITIVE AND MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; CLIMATE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; INITIAL CONDITION UNCERTAINTIES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SHORT-TERM FORECASTS; STOCHASTIC PARAMETRIZATION;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84876572905     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0479     Document Type: Article

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