Predictability of weather and climate: From theory to practice

Predictability of Weather and Climate

Volumn 9780521848824, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-29

  Palmer, T N ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; METEOROLOGY; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; PROGNOSTIC EQUATIONS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; SUPERCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84927035648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511617652.002     Document Type: Chapter

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