Sensitivity of the AROME ensemble to initial and surface perturbations during HyMeX

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 390-403

  Bouttier, François ^a   Raynaud, Laure ^a   Nuissier, Olivier ^a   Ménétrier, Benjamin ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

AROME model; atmospheric model; ensemble data assimilation; ensemble prediction; HyMeX observations; numerical weather prediction; surface perturbations

Indexed keywords

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; HYMEX OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SURFACE PERTURBATIONS;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84945329838     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2622     Document Type: Article

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