Coarse graining the vorticity equation in the ECMWF integrated forecasting system: The search for kinetic energy backscatter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1233-1241

  Shutts, G J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ensembles; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Stochastic models; Turbulence; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; INTEGRATED FORECASTING SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES;

FORECASTING; HEURISTIC METHODS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

BACKSCATTERING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EQUATION; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84877661096     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0216.1     Document Type: Article

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