Spatially extended estimates of analysis and short-range forecast error variances

Jie Feng; Zoltan Toth; Malaquias Peña

doi:10.1080/16000870.2017.1325301

Spatially extended estimates of analysis and short-range forecast error variances

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Volume 69 (2017): Issue 1

By: Jie Feng, Zoltan Toth and Malaquias Peña

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2017.1325301 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Dec 22, 2016

Accepted on: Apr 27, 2017

Published on: Jan 1, 2017

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

uncertainty of analysis,

forecast verification,

estimation method,

data assimilation,

ensemble forecasts

© 2017 Jie Feng, Zoltan Toth, Malaquias Peña, published by Stockholm University Press
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