On the reliability of ensemble variance in subspaces defined by singular vectors

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 682, 2014, Pages 1453-1466

  Leutbecher, M ^a   Lang, S T K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ensemble forecast; Numerical weather prediction; Reliability; Singular vector

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; INITIAL PERTURBATION; INTEGRATED FORECASTING SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION; SINGULAR VECTORS;

VECTORS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VECTOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 84905060188     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2229     Document Type: Article

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