Estimates of flow-dependent predictability of wintertime Euro-Atlantic weather regimes in medium-range forecasts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 144, Issue 713, 2018, Pages 1012-1027

  Matsueda, Mio ^a,b   Palmer, T N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheric blocking; flow dependent predictability; medium range ensemble forecasts; NAO; TIGGE; weather regimes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OSCILLATING FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; FLOW-DEPENDENT PREDICTABILITY; TIGGE; WEATHER REGIMES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EID: 85047808854     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.3265     Document Type: Article

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