New schemes to perturb sea-surface temperature and soil moisture content in MOGREPS

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 681, 2014, Pages 1150-1160

  Tennant, Warren ^a   Beare, Sarah ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction systems; Limited area ensemble prediction systems; MOGREPS; Perturbations; Soil moisture; SST

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; MOGREPS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PERTURBATIONS; PROBABILISTIC VERIFICATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84902262904     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2202     Document Type: Article

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