An ensemble based turbulence forecasting system

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-19

  Gill, Philip G ^a   Buchanan, Piers ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAT; Ensemble; GADS; MOGREPS; ROC; Turbulence; Verification

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; TURBULENCE; VERIFICATION;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; ENSEMBLE; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; GADS; MODERATE OR GREATER TURBULENCES; MOGREPS; TURBULENCE FORECASTS;

FORECASTING;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84892485081     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1373     Document Type: Article

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