Observations, assimilation and the improvement of global weather prediction-some results from operational forecasting and ERA-40

Predictability of Weather and Climate

Volumn 9780521848824, Issue , 2006, Pages 428-458

  Simmons, Adrian J ^a  

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

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EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; REANALYSIS PROJECT; WEATHER PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84927096849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511617652.017     Document Type: Chapter

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