Systematic model forecast error in Rossby wave structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2979-2987

  Gray, S L ^a   Dunning, C M ^a   Methven, J ^a   Masato, G ^a   Chagnon, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabatic processes; potential vorticity; predictability; TIGGE data

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ERRORS; MECHANICAL WAVES; TROPOSPHERE;

DIABATIC PROCESS; HUMIDITY GRADIENTS; INITIAL CONDITION UNCERTAINTIES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PREDICTABILITY; SYSTEMATIC MODELING; TIGGE DATA; TROPOPAUSE SHARPNESS;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DIABATIC PROCESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOPAUSE; VORTICITY; WAVE FIELD; WINTER;

EID: 84899039396     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059282     Document Type: Article

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