On-line calibration of the vertical distribution of ensemble spread

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 676, 2013, Pages 1863-1874

  Flowerdew, Jonathan ^a   Bowler, Neill E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATOVS; ETKF; Inflation factor; MOGREPS; Vertical localization; Weighting function

Indexed keywords

ATOVS; ETKF; INFLATION FACTORS; MOGREPS; VERTICAL LOCALIZATION; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORECASTING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIBRATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSFORM; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84886238252     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2072     Document Type: Article

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