Verification of global numerical weather forecasting systems in polar regions using TIGGE data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 695, 2016, Pages 574-582

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Matsueda, Mio ^b,c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deterministic predictability; Flow dependence, analysis uncertainty; Polar prediction; Probabilistic predictability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DETERMINISTIC PREDICTABILITY; FLOW DEPENDENCE, ANALYSIS UNCERTAINTY; FORECASTING SYSTEM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; WEATHER PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR REGION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84961872414     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2437     Document Type: Article

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